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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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    I Am A Lego Detective
    jdettmann
    • Mar 21, 2017
    • 3 min

    I Am A Lego Detective

    But 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...
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    A Bit of Stair Trouble
    jdettmann
    • Feb 5, 2015
    • 5 min

    A Bit of Stair Trouble

    This 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...
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    Make ‘Em Laugh
    jdettmann
    • Mar 7, 2013
    • 4 min

    Make ‘Em Laugh

    May 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...
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    The Talkies
    jdettmann
    • Nov 17, 2012
    • 2 min

    The Talkies

    This 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....
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    Break It Down Now
    jdettmann
    • Mar 29, 2012
    • 3 min

    Break It Down Now

    My 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...
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    Do-Nothing Tuesday
    jdettmann
    • Nov 8, 2011
    • 1 min

    Do-Nothing Tuesday

    Fortunately, Other Jess turned up this morning with a tub of vanilla ice-cream and the words ‘iced coffee’ on her lips. I cancelled my...
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    Maligned Mothers from Children’s Literature: Mayzie the Lazy Bird
    jdettmann
    • Sep 19, 2011
    • 4 min

    Maligned Mothers from Children’s Literature: Mayzie the Lazy Bird

    May 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...
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