Author Archives: dichroic

Not-so-bad news: a friend who can read Chinese (and is also a Reader) checked into it: the bookstore I love is not closing. I can’t call it good news, because they are closing another branch (that I’ve never visited) and … Continue reading →

What I want right now is a good rowdy bar to hang out in. Or conversely, to go out in a desert night and watch the stars. However, I suppose I will settle for finishing a sock toe and stir-frying … Continue reading →

My favorite local bookstore is having what they’re referring to as a “Bye-Bye Sale”. Here’s hoping it’s just a bad translation, but I am not sanguine. (Please, no laments for the wonders of indie bookstores. This is Page One, an … Continue reading →

Tonight’s plan: weave in ends on shawl, set it to soak, walk over to nearby hypermarket, buy pins (if they have them) and some veggies. Go home, stirfry veggies, block shawl, take pictures (of shawl, not veggies). The boy left … Continue reading →

I have an awful lot of friends and relations in DC. I can think of reasons why most of them were unlikely to be on the trains that crashed, but still…. And even at best, it just means that, as … Continue reading →

Just found out that the spouse will be leaving early next week for over two weeks away, including our 16th anniversary, for Big Suddenly Important work thing. Note: I scheduled my LASIK when I did on the theory that he … Continue reading →

Things I do not understand about this weekend: 1. Why every decision about how to carry boats on our car has to be an argument. Mostly I think he just has an allergy to doing anything the simple way. (We … Continue reading →