Panic Stations
Like sorting Lego into colours, listing your worries makes you feel like you’re making progress. In both cases this is an illusion. I’m...
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jdettmann
- Aug 17, 2017
- 3 min
There Will Be Books
Curious George is a movie that can penetrate even the most noise-cancelling of headphones. Writing a novel in the same room as a...
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jdettmann
- Jun 13, 2017
- 4 min
Not What It Seems
‘What’s that window doing there?’ I asked. ‘It’s not really a window,’ the brickie told me. ‘It’s more of a vent.’ I said nothing. ‘So...
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jdettmann
- Apr 10, 2017
- 3 min
How to Make Terrible Gnocchi
The pesto would have been better tossed with small snails than with the gnocchi I made. I know I have a tendency to toot my own horn on...
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jdettmann
- Nov 2, 2016
- 4 min
November: A To-Do List
Me, making a to-d0 list. Sketch by H. Attend My 20th High School Reunion This weekend I’m going my 20th high school reunion, an event...
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jdettmann
- Oct 10, 2016
- 3 min
Pining For The Fjords
I’m doing that thing I always do when I come back from new and wonderful, and I try to transport the lifestyle. When H and I went to...
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jdettmann
- Sep 22, 2016
- 4 min
Leave No Bag Behind
My suitcase, in disgrace It’s my fourth day in Finland and I know three words. They’re same three words I knew before I got here. Sauna,...
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jdettmann
- Aug 25, 2016
- 5 min
Area of Particular Interest
That aside, we are really very extremely excited. We are going to Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The trip has come about because Jess is a...
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jdettmann
- Jul 20, 2016
- 4 min
In The End, It Was The Odd Socks That Finished Her Off
Garnet searching for his socks. We’ve been on a holiday. A driving holiday, and while I’ll try to write about that soon, and tell you all...
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jdettmann
- Mar 16, 2016
- 4 min
Testing Times
Occasionally he makes up a word (‘You nuckus!’) or just pops something that’s not an insult at all (‘You big sandwich!) None of it is...
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jdettmann
- Apr 15, 2014
- 3 min
The Perfect Gin and Tonic
As much as I love a gin and tonic I am surprisingly unfussy about how they are prepared. As long as it has gin and tonic water in it,...
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jdettmann
- Jan 15, 2014
- 3 min
When You Think He’s Fast Asleep, He’s Always Wide Awake
Why the italics, you might ask. What has Gusto done to merit that? Nothing. Gusto is being an exemplary feline. It is the jellicle cats...
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jdettmann
- Dec 14, 2012
- 2 min
Keep Calm And Carry On Like A Pork Chop
May Blossom re-enacts what will happen if you don’t shut about about your birth plan while having coffee with friends. My friends Lou and...
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jdettmann
- Nov 24, 2012
- 3 min
My Wedding Advice
My most excellent friends Nic and Wilf are getting married today! So, in their honour, I present my top ten pieces of wedding day advice....
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jdettmann
- Nov 22, 2012
- 2 min
Talking Turkey
Actually, this year the game of Move The Tables From The Verandah To The Garden And Back Again Thrice As The Weather Changes was knocked...
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jdettmann
- Nov 18, 2012
- 1 min
Probably For The Best
Must dust cat. To our dear friends whose hen’s and buck’s nights we failed to attend last night, the following conversation is what we...
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jdettmann
- Nov 14, 2012
- 1 min
This Is What You Get When You Mess With Us
I think we all feel like this today. Because of the wonders of Facebook, I know, for certain, that everyone else in the civilised world...
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jdettmann
- Nov 13, 2012
- 3 min
Children’s Parties for the Back-yardless
Invitations: To get the numbers up, it’s useful invite people to your party. I used Paperless Post for electronic invitations. It is...
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jdettmann
- Oct 18, 2012
- 3 min
Grant Me The Serenity
Lunch out with a tiny nun always helps. I haven’t been feeling very good lately. It’s nothing that the birth of NB won’t fix (or possibly...
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jdettmann
- Apr 20, 2012
- 3 min
Outstanding
First prize for The Pun With The Most Elaborate Set-up: H announced this morning that his watch is set to 'Green H mean time'. We’re back...
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