How To Feel Better
1. When she walks down steps, May Blossom has taken to sometimes refusing the proffered hand of her father or me and instead holds her...
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jdettmann
May 1, 20123 min read
Secret Fairy Business
Everytime a child says “I don’t believe in fairies” there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan...
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jdettmann
Apr 11, 20122 min read
Holidays Make Me Sick
Things aren’t going exactly according to plan on our holiday. No sooner had we arrived and unpacked our Tetris-style car that took us a...
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jdettmann
Apr 3, 20122 min read
Gracious Is My Middle Name
I actually had a very, very nice birthday. May Blossom decided that I should enjoy the day for as many hours as possible so she got up at...
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jdettmann
Mar 19, 20121 min read
Bad Mood Monday: A Photo-Essay
Today I am like an angry toddler stuck between the sofa and the wall. Today I am like coffee grounds spilled on the kitchen counter....
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jdettmann
Mar 12, 20122 min read
You’re Older Than You’ve Ever Been And Now You’re Even Older
Approximately how many candles I will need for my birthday cake this year. It’s my birthday soon. I’ll be older than ever before. There...
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jdettmann
Mar 7, 20123 min read
Ups and Downs
In the down column: 1. My 102-year-old grandmother suffered a small stroke. 2. The fate of our missing family cat, Tigercat, was...
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jdettmann
Feb 20, 20122 min read
What I’ve Liked This Week: Sleep Training Edition
Here's a picture of some sort of spotty cat. H took it. I don't know how it's relevant to this post. Can't you draw some kind of...
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jdettmann
Feb 15, 20123 min read
You’re So Money
In other areas of my life in which I am clearly not money, I went back to the gym today for the first time since I was five months...
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jdettmann
Feb 8, 20122 min read
No Gold Medal
When we arrived in Perth three days ago, sixteen hours after Pappy’s death, we were running on what could charitably described as empty....
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jdettmann
Feb 6, 20122 min read
Old Man, Look At My Life
H’s beloved dad died on Saturday. It was expected, and a relief in that he was released from his suffering after a year of illness. It is...
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jdettmann
Jan 31, 20122 min read
You Be The Judge: On Playgroups And Tantrums
It probably wasn’t as awful to others as it was to me, but most of the other mums there have two or more kids, and I suddenly felt like a...
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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 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 6, 20122 min read
Bad Hair Day
Having being born with an unusually thick crop of dark hair – for an Anglo baby, at least – May Blossom is no stranger to the scissors....
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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
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
Oct 20, 20112 min read
I Broke the Mould
Just asking. You know, for a friend. I have this friend who is very very good at ignoring housework. Other people’s filth she regards as...
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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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