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    Panic Stations
    jdettmann
    • Feb 20, 2018
    • 4 min

    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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    There Will Be Books
    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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    Hashtag Mother’s Day
    jdettmann
    • May 15, 2017
    • 4 min

    Hashtag Mother’s Day

    Just before dawn yesterday I had one of those very special nightmares where you wake, unable to breathe from the horror, saying to...
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    Stealth Health Ninja
    jdettmann
    • May 3, 2017
    • 3 min

    Stealth Health Ninja

    It turns out this writing a book lark is harder than it looks and, like so many things in life, not made easier by having two small...
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    Jackhammers, Interrupted
    jdettmann
    • Mar 29, 2017
    • 3 min

    Jackhammers, Interrupted

    I, sadly not a celestial being, had to remain here on the earth that quaked every day for eight or nine hours as the diggers ripped...
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    TWELVE Days of Christmas? Not On My Watch
    jdettmann
    • Jan 12, 2017
    • 3 min

    TWELVE Days of Christmas? Not On My Watch

    Proper homemade gingerbread house that I had absolutely nothing to do with. Grandmothers are where it’s at. Good New Year to you, dear...
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    Who Will Rock Me?
    jdettmann
    • Jun 3, 2016
    • 3 min

    Who Will Rock Me?

    We Will Rock You is a musical by Ben Elton, based on the songs of Queen. When arranging the tickets I made very sure Dad was aware that...
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    The First Rule of the Best Start Interview is Don’t Talk About the Best Start Interview
    jdettmann
    • Jan 29, 2016
    • 3 min

    The First Rule of the Best Start Interview is Don’t Talk About the Best Start Interview

    I was hoping the test hadn’t started yet. May Blossom has just been for her pre-starting-school chat with a kindy teacher, which is...
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    Ignorance Is Bliss
    jdettmann
    • Nov 16, 2015
    • 3 min

    Ignorance Is Bliss

    Apocalypse now, or have we time for another coffee before the end of days? ‘Why do I still have to go to kindy?’ May Blossom moaned  to...
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    Question Time
    jdettmann
    • Nov 2, 2015
    • 2 min

    Question Time

    One morning – bloody early one morning – he asked me the following questions in the space of half an hour, which is how long it takes to...
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    A Very Peter Pan Birthday
    jdettmann
    • Oct 19, 2015
    • 4 min

    A Very Peter Pan Birthday

    Three weeks out she started saying, ‘I don’t want to hear it’s anyone else’s birthday before mine.’ Now we’re down to four days and she...
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    Sleep Like No-One’s Watching
    jdettmann
    • Aug 19, 2015
    • 4 min

    Sleep Like No-One’s Watching

    Gusto refusing to participate in a dramatic re-enactment of the sleeping arrangements at our house. Honestly, never work with cats. It’s...
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    Waikiki? Your Guess Is As Good As Mine.
    jdettmann
    • Jul 30, 2015
    • 4 min

    Waikiki? Your Guess Is As Good As Mine.

    Waikiki at dawn. I like this place best between 4 and 6 am. Aloha from Hawaii, where I am finishing up a three-week lecture tour of the...
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    How Funny? Pants-Off Funny
    jdettmann
    • Apr 15, 2015
    • 2 min

    How Funny? Pants-Off Funny

    Benny Hill is a cultural reference that is on its last legs, I’d say. I only recall it vaguely from my childhood, mostly because it...
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