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jdettmann
Feb 2, 20122 min read
Cabin Fever
Have you seen this website, all about cabins, and this one, about woodsy hipster life? I am a bit obsessed with both right now. It’s...
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jdettmann
Jan 30, 20123 min read
Summer’s Blood Was In It
The reason for the subterfuge is that since blackberries are a terrible pest in these parts, and you are supposed to keep them away by...
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jdettmann
Jan 23, 20123 min read
Going Viral
Did you know there is such a thing as Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease? No? Well, you do now. I highly recommend not google-image searching...
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jdettmann
Jan 19, 20123 min read
I’ll Tumble For You
Warning to the pregnant: Contents of bump gives not one shit how, or even if, you fold their clothes. Also, your thighs will not stay...
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jdettmann
Jan 17, 20123 min read
Fully Sick
When you are ill, it's nice to make your sickroom into a restful haven. Or you can put a giant tiger at the foot of the bed. Please...
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jdettmann
Jan 9, 20124 min read
Cider Road
I am a hoarder. I come from hoarders, I married a hoarder and together we have bred a tiny hoarder. Over the years, H and I have...
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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...
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jdettmann
Dec 16, 20111 min read
Early Christmas
All I wanted for Christmas this year was the chance to watch my grandmother gaze at May Blossom. I got it. This picture was taken by H...
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jdettmann
Dec 15, 20113 min read
Fly Away Home
Perhaps someone could explain to my eyelids why I am so damn shattered then. Maybe it’s because on our splendid holiday we visited the...
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jdettmann
Dec 2, 20112 min read
What A Lot Of Carry-on
The two suitcases are packed — beautifully, if I do say so myself — using the rolling technique. I am a fairly crap clothes folder, so it...
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jdettmann
Nov 25, 20113 min read
Givethanksing
For forty-odd years several dozen of these people, with occasional additions for worthy new friends and subtractions for bad behaviour...
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jdettmann
Nov 16, 20113 min read
The Noise Was Coming From Inside The House
Last night H and I, for the first time in months, left the house together, at night, without May Blossom. When she was littler we used to...
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jdettmann
Nov 14, 20112 min read
Fear and Loving in Far North Queensland
Welcome to Cape Fear. Also Cape Hliarious Strategic Removal of Letters on Signs. I’ve been thinking this morning about H’s and my...
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jdettmann
Nov 11, 20111 min read
The Cure for Autumn Envy
What this means is that the food bloggers are always writing about the finding delicious new season apples in their farmers’ markets just...
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jdettmann
Nov 10, 20112 min read
Sweet Potatoes of Horror
This young orang-utan could rustle up a tastier dinner that the recipe that follows. Sometimes when the supplies of food in our house get...
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jdettmann
Nov 8, 20111 min read
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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jdettmann
Nov 4, 20112 min read
All Of The Five Little Ducks Came Back
I learned of Flora’s (a pseudonym) birth by a text message with a picture an hour after her birth, which was unexpectedly...
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jdettmann
Oct 24, 20113 min read
Play Along At Home Cake
May Blossom's Birthday Cake May Blossom turned one and it was a marvellous day. There were blueberry pancakes with maple syrup and bacon,...
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jdettmann
Oct 6, 20113 min read
To Sleep Perchance Would Be A Fine Thing
Gusto: the best sleeper in the house Before May Blossom was born, I had a relatively untroubled relationship with sleep. I liked it a...
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jdettmann
Sep 29, 20113 min read
Complete Rotating Malfunction
I say things have gone largely to shit, not totally, because obviously everything in our lives at the moment isn’t going wrong. I think...
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