Cover Me, I’m Going In
Here’s a tiny bit of book. My book. Yikes. Good grief, the last time I blogged was three months ago and I was ordering cheese for H’s...
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jdettmann
Feb 21, 20184 min read
Panic Stations
Like sorting Lego into colours, listing your worries makes you feel like you’re making progress. In both cases this is an illusion. I’m...
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jdettmann
Nov 7, 20173 min read
Wake In Fright: My Idyllic Country Writer’s Retreat
I’ve done a couple of these little three-day stints in the past few months, and until now they’ve been fantastic for getting a huge...
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jdettmann
Oct 25, 20174 min read
Billy, Don’t Be A Hero
Seven year olds can make their own fairy bread. That’s dinner for the rest of the year sorted. I’m a long way through the writing of this...
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jdettmann
Sep 4, 20175 min read
On The Tiles
Here’s my awful ugly new desk chair, rehearsing its look for next Book Week, when it plans to go as Doris the Desk Chair Fairy We’ve had...
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jdettmann
Aug 17, 20173 min read
There Will Be Books
Curious George is a movie that can penetrate even the most noise-cancelling of headphones. Writing a novel in the same room as a...
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jdettmann
May 3, 20173 min read
Stealth Health Ninja
It turns out this writing a book lark is harder than it looks and, like so many things in life, not made easier by having two small...
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jdettmann
Jan 30, 20172 min read
The Enemy of Creativity
May Blossom’s in Year One now, which was easy to tell at drop-off this morning because seventy-five percent of the class had a hand in...
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jdettmann
Nov 2, 20164 min read
November: A To-Do List
Me, making a to-d0 list. Sketch by H. Attend My 20th High School Reunion This weekend I’m going my 20th high school reunion, an event...
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jdettmann
Nov 23, 20154 min read
Some Enchanted Evening
Obviously this is not the beach we went to in this story. This is Waikiki beach, where I have also been grumpy in the recent past. I’m...
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jdettmann
Jul 6, 20156 min read
Champion of the Novelties
I have been exercising quite a lot. It turns out the trick to exercise is not trying too hard. Apparently I knew this when I was a child...
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jdettmann
Dec 12, 20133 min read
Flat-packed
So sweet, you’d never know they have tiny ear canals brimming with filth and germs. Nor that the one on the right is about to throw up in...
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jdettmann
Nov 12, 20122 min read
Blog It Out
May Blossom playing ‘Caesarean Sections’ with her play-doh. Earlier this evening I was in the bath, eating a piece of toast with peanut...
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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
Oct 18, 20111 min read
Handwriting of the Week
Today I’d like to praise the graffiteur responsible for the mattress pictured above. I saw it in the back lane last cleanup night. Very...
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