Monthly Archives: January 2009

ready to go

Posted on January 22, 2009 by dichroic

All meetings done and I’m just hanging out until the boy is ready to leave work. Tomorrow we have the day off (if your definition of ‘off’ includes a 25 km erg piece) and tomorrow night we leave for the … Continue reading →

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Jan 21, 2009

Posted on January 20, 2009 by dichroic

I didn’t sleep well last night, partly because Ted was up late working. (I really need to get better at that; it’s not fair to expect him to match my schedule. I understand that some married couples keep totally different … Continue reading →

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for the poetry files

Posted on January 15, 2009 by dichroic

cold It’s been cold since you left – drawing into my bones, implacable as glaciers. I huddle in layers of fleece and down clinging to each departing joule as a miser to his dollars And yet the thermometer speaks merely … Continue reading →

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cotton fluff and heavy insulation

Posted on January 13, 2009 by dichroic

Someone called me “redoubtable” today. I think he meant it as a compliment; I like it, anyway. I feel more like a dizzy broad, though, literally. Not sure if it has anything to do with too much erging, fighting off … Continue reading →

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in progress

Posted on January 10, 2009 by dichroic

The Manos cardigan – halfway down one sleeve, so I’m past the point at which I left the previous version on a plane last year. I hope to finish this (and a matching hat!) to take to Sweden in a … Continue reading →

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new WordPress install

Posted on January 8, 2009 by dichroic

testing

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back to the grind

Posted on January 5, 2009 by dichroic

Back to work. Our company’s gone, and Rudder’s gone too, off to Europe for work, so it’s eerily quiet in the house.The in-laws’ visit went very well. This is the longest they’ve stayed with us, over 2 weeks; normally they … Continue reading →

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