Romance Club
In the past I have been very bad at giving Valentine’s Day gifts to H, which is a great shame because he is far more romantic than I am...
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jdettmann
Nov 11, 20164 min read
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
Apr 1, 20153 min read
Ten Years? You Get Less For Murder!
I settled on going as a snake charmer. I do know that’s not an actual carnival or circus thing. I didn’t dress as an Indian sitting on a...
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jdettmann
May 27, 20142 min read
Cross
It took half an hour to even upload this far-too-small image, due to iPhoto (or iFighto as my Dad has long called it) deciding that...
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jdettmann
Sep 20, 20133 min read
Things Are Good When Things Are Good
Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...
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jdettmann
Aug 9, 20133 min read
In The House
Remember when I used to write things on this blog? Those were the days, eh? Well, those days might be returning. Things are finally,...
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jdettmann
May 22, 20132 min read
True Romance
Because I want this to remain a mummy blog, and not morph into a beauty blog, I shall refrain from giving you the contact details of the...
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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...
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jdettmann
Dec 4, 20121 min read
You Give Me Fever
In the event of finding yourself over thirty-eight weeks pregnant and suffering from a virus that makes you burn with fever and shake...
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jdettmann
Nov 28, 20123 min read
My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me
But, weirdly enough, it was one of the loveliest nights I can remember. Partly because nights in general, in my opinion, are for sleeping...
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jdettmann
Nov 21, 20121 min read
The Cat’s Pyjamas
To celebrate my first ever blog post written on an iPhone in the bath, here’s a picture of May Blossom cuddling Gusto, who is wearing May...
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jdettmann
Jul 3, 20123 min read
1-2-3-4 Tell Me That You Love Me More
This pregnancy I have been plagued with insomnia, which is not something I have ever experienced before. I was the kid who could fall...
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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
Mar 29, 20123 min read
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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jdettmann
Mar 21, 20123 min read
She Is Sixteen, Going On Seventeen (Months)
May Blossom loves to play. Anything that involves chasing, shrieking and creating mayhem gets her seal of approval. Yesterday she and her...
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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 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
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
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
Sep 27, 20112 min read
The Loss of a Great Man
H’s grandfather, whom I’ll call G here, was a towering fellow, both in stature and personality, but he was also kind, handsome, and a...
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