Things Are Gonna Slide, Slide In All Directions
Here instead is a list, which will show you how deeply embedded in my life is the music and lyrics of Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen Song...
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jdettmann
Jun 22, 20161 min read
Songs by The Smiths or Things My Three Year Old Said Today?
Portrait of Garnet by his sister or Smiths album cover? In lieu of a proper post, today I have a fun game for you, dear readers. It’s...
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jdettmann
Jan 11, 20164 min read
New Year’s Resolution: Face The Truth
I will face the truth about the Pilates DVDs. This is the year I will stop taking Pilates DVDs on holidays with me. I’ve been dragging...
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jdettmann
Sep 14, 20154 min read
Follow Your Arrow
I think I’ve figured out why smart parents make their kids listen to kids’ music. It’s so you can have conversations about how yes, the...
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jdettmann
Aug 18, 20142 min read
Spread Joy Up To The Maximum
While Garnet was sick all he has wanted to do was have me read him books while he languished in my lap. Once day I dragged out a Play...
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jdettmann
Jan 15, 20143 min read
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
Mar 25, 20134 min read
The Real Boss
Come the week of the concert and my mum, who had bravely offered to babysit both May Blossom and Garnet, politely asked how we were going...
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jdettmann
Apr 25, 20123 min read
The Voice: Try And Understand It
Last night, instead of watching an episode of Game of Thrones or playing a game of chess or working on our family tapestry like we...
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jdettmann
Mar 5, 20123 min read
Is Going Out Tonight Worth It?: A Statistical Analysis
I bought the tickets a few months ago on a whim, because H loves Bonnie Prince Billy, who is a grumpy-looking, balding, blond bearded...
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jdettmann
Feb 25, 20122 min read
My Dark Past
I was reminded of those years, from thirteen to sixteen, as I drove the car earlier this week. As part of Operation Sleep In Your Own...
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jdettmann
Feb 9, 20121 min read
What I’ve Liked This Week: Fremantle Edition
Wearing sandals, thongs, or plastic Melissa shoes. Looking at the photograph ‘Nat and the Girls’ by my clever friend John Witzig,...
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jdettmann
Sep 26, 20111 min read
What I’ve Liked This Week
reading about monochromes. I had read about this phenomenon years ago here and forgotten all about it. listening to Stornoway. wearing my...
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