top of page
Search
jdettmann
Jan 12, 20173 min read
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...
7 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 3, 20164 min read
Yule Be Sorry
I don’t quite know what it is about December that makes me so down in the dumps every year, except oh yes, maybe I do. Maybe it’s the way...
5 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 21, 20153 min read
Life’s A Treat
Last week Garnet turned three. He’s not a hundred per cent ok with that. The boy has a complicated relationship with the ageing process....
3 views0 comments
jdettmann
Nov 30, 20154 min read
A Realistic Advent Calendar
Tomorrow is the first of December, which means today is the perfect day for good parents to fire up Pinterest and check out some of the...
5 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 8, 20143 min read
Christmas Is Coming And There Is Nothing You Or I Can Do To Stop It
Well, I say not much, but I guess there have been some fairly important milestones for other people around here. Garnet has learned to...
2 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 25, 20122 min read
This Is Just To Say
Our little boy was born ten days ago. Sorry it’s taken me so long to put him down and write a post to announce it. But if you smelled his...
5 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 3, 20121 min read
The Lazy Person’s Guide To Buying A Christmas Present For My Dad
1. Is it a book? Yes: go to question 2. No: Select again and go back to question 1. 2. Does it have endnotes? Yes: Go to question 3. No:...
2 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 29, 20113 min read
A Deep Breath Out
Hello there. Did you survive Christmas? Are you still speaking to any of your family? Did anyone lose an eye when the top button of your...
2 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 20, 20111 min read
A Very ‘To The Lighthouse’ Christmas
The place was gone to rack and ruin. Only the Lighthouse beam entered the rooms for a moment, sent its sudden stare over bed and wall in...
5 views0 comments
jdettmann
Dec 19, 20112 min read
There Will Be Festivity … And A Little Bit Of Begging
Decorating: done (yes, all my bookshelves are this pretentious) There are but three shopping days left until Christmas, dear reader(s)....
2 views0 comments
bottom of page