jdettmannFeb 20, 20184 minPanic StationsLike sorting Lego into colours, listing your worries makes you feel like you’re making progress. In both cases this is an illusion. I’m...
jdettmannAug 17, 20173 minThere Will Be BooksCurious George is a movie that can penetrate even the most noise-cancelling of headphones. Writing a novel in the same room as a...
jdettmannMar 21, 20173 minI Am A Lego DetectiveBut I’m confused, because although I think that’s what I said, what he seems to have heard is, ‘I am a Lego Detective. I can find any...
jdettmannFeb 5, 20155 minA Bit of Stair TroubleThis morning was officially the second day I was to leave the house and come here to work on the blog and other self-directed (aka...
jdettmannMar 7, 20134 minMake ‘Em LaughMay Blossom at work in her office. A month or so ago we let May Blossom watch Singin’ In the Rain. We were on the hunt for a movie that...
jdettmannNov 17, 20122 minThe TalkiesThis is not strictly relevant to the following post except that it sums up better than any other photo I have how today has made me feel....
jdettmannMar 29, 20123 minBreak It Down NowMy little family is about to take a little break. Not from each other, but from the city and work, from battling for parking and crowded...
jdettmannNov 8, 20111 minDo-Nothing TuesdayFortunately, Other Jess turned up this morning with a tub of vanilla ice-cream and the words ‘iced coffee’ on her lips. I cancelled my...
jdettmannSep 19, 20114 minMaligned Mothers from Children’s Literature: Mayzie the Lazy BirdMay Blossom reads Dear Zoo In Dr Seuss’s Horton Hatches the Egg, a bird called Mayzie grows tired of sitting on her egg. She wants a...