Dugald Jellie
Dugald Jellie is a Melbourne writer and gardener.
‘Does a spirit level measure happiness?’ The cute things kids ask during woodwork
Building a stick fence and cubby house provides a bunch of children – and one grown man – with lessons in collaboration.
- by Dugald Jellie
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As a single dad, every other week I’m a soccer referee, a sculptor and a fisherman
“Sometimes the fathering is wonderful, but mostly it’s a routine. Piles of washing, finding school uniforms, bowls of porridge...”
- by Dugald Jellie
Other dads once gave me a bigger life. Now I could do the same for Arturo
A weekend in the bush sparks warm memories of childhood experiences.
- by Dugald Jellie
My young sons loved my new partner. Then I had to tell them she’d left
I’ve shown my boys how it is to love again. Now that love has gone, it’s time to show them what to do next.
- by Dugald Jellie
‘I’m too old for this. But…’: The joys of working as a 50-something dish hand
A writer baulks at the mundane job he’s wound up with, before discovering some valuable lessons among the soap suds.
- by Dugald Jellie
When I became a father, I was the oldest first-time dad I knew
Australian dads are among the oldest in the world, a trend that’s causing a societal shift with all sorts of untested ramifications, writes Dugald Jellie.
- by Dugald Jellie
How dinner at the kitchen table fed my appetite for family time
Sick of screen obsessions and worried about too many TV dinners, a single dad reaches back into his own childhood to find a solution.
- by Dugald Jellie
‘It almost broke me’: How a house move exposes the impermanency of life
Moving to a new place involves an inevitable stocktake – not just of your goods, but of your emotional life.
- by Dugald Jellie
Last year I separated and turned 50. Then Dorothy swept me off my feet
Hardly a midlife crisis, it’s more a car as contraceptive. I’ve become the invisible man in the milky white work ute.
- by Dugald Jellie
‘To be faraway, someplace else’: my endless fascination with maps
To be curious about maps is to be interested in life.
- by Dugald Jellie
Opinion
Parenting
Playgrounds are open but there’s a better way to empower children
Playgrounds may have reopened, but I hope these long lockdown days have made people rethink how children play.
- by Dugald Jellie
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/by/dugald-jellie-p4ywcz