Author Archives: dichroic

Plans and gifts

Posted on December 23, 2017 by dichroic

The in-laws have arrived for Christmas (this is a good thing). I’m pretty sure that everyone is getting flannel shirts up this year – husband has already gotten one from them for this birthday today.(we have a flannel shirt for … Continue reading →

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annual Chanukah poems

Posted on December 15, 2017 by dichroic

Getting ready to head out to the lake house for the holiday; Ted gets back from Korea today, then we’ll drive up tomorrow. I’ll work from home next week (the real home of my heart, not just the place I … Continue reading →

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sliding down to the end of the year

Posted on December 4, 2017 by dichroic

I am not making good progress on my annual Chanukah poem, but the Holiday Challenge proceeds apace. I’m at 93,000m, just a bit short of halfway; that’s behind last year’s pace, but still on track to finish well ahead of … Continue reading →

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Rowing, knitting, enjoying

Posted on November 18, 2017 by dichroic

This time of year it’s all about the knitting and the erg. Today I did 18km, the longest bit so far this year; Thursday begins the annual Concept II Holiday Challenge – my 16th, or something like that. It feels … Continue reading →

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some good, some bad, some really f’ing irritating

Posted on October 17, 2017 by dichroic

The weekend’s good thing: driving out to the lake house went well again. Ted had taken the week off, since he’s got vacation time to burn, and gone down there with the cats, though I’m under the impression that he … Continue reading →

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Blanche DuBois had a point

Posted on October 2, 2017 by dichroic

This image has been my icon on Ravelry for over a year now. I created it soon after the Orlando nightclub shootings, borrowing the words from the sonnet Lin-Manuel Miranda read at the Tony awards, right after and in response … Continue reading →

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Some Yom Kippur thoughts

Posted on September 27, 2017 by dichroic

This morning as I was getting ready for work, I was thinking about the approaching holiday. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews are supposed to repent for their sins in the previous year, and ask forgiveness from Lowe’s they … Continue reading →

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starting the new year with an outing

Posted on September 21, 2017 by dichroic

Last night, I met up with 5 other local knitters, took the MAX (lightrail) downtown, had dinner at Kenny & Zukes (so I got to have matzo ball soup for Roash Hashanah dinner, yay – and it was good, too) … Continue reading →

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Toys

Posted on September 12, 2017 by dichroic

New iPad, complete with keyboard and Pencil. Am typing this just because I can, and noticing that my brain seems to be wired to think that keyboard+mouse is an inseparable set. I keep wanting too grab a mouse instead of … Continue reading →

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at least I get to knit on the way

Posted on August 24, 2017 by dichroic

Tomorrow should be interesting, if somewhat lacking in the sleep department – I’m traveling to the Santa Clara office. One of the better perks of working for Intel is getting to go on the shuttle (corporate jet) between the major … Continue reading →

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