Author Archives: dichroic

The Answer, possibly, to my blogging dilemmas

Posted on May 11, 2009 by dichroic

Ha! I think I have found The Answer, of part of one:JournalPress is a plug-in that will allow me to post here and have it cross-posted to LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. One-stop blogging, here I come. (As soon as I get … Continue reading →

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Malaysia pictures are up

Posted on May 10, 2009 by dichroic

They’re over here on the travel blog – click on an image to see it bigger. (For some reason, with the WordPress Gallery feature I used, clicking once makes the whole picture show up but small, clicking on it again … Continue reading →

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more FOs

Posted on May 2, 2009 by dichroic

Beading day again. Aside from a clean house (because I retreat from the cleaning people into my workroom) here are the products 4 pair of earrings and one necklace. (Glass and gold-filled wire – no earwires because I don’t have … Continue reading →

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back to nursery lunches

Posted on April 26, 2009 by dichroic

OK, no, it’s not all muscle and not really even mostly muscle. Saturday featured some depressing moments involving trying on shorts in size L (tight in the waist) and XL (fine in the waist and hips, tight in the thighs. … Continue reading →

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not supposed to be a growing girl

Posted on April 20, 2009 by dichroic

This morning I was not thrilled to find that my scale claimed I had gained two kilos since Sunday. (My weight does fluctuate up to one kilo day to day, but two seems like an awful lot of water weight!) … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 18, 2009 by dichroic

Beadwork days seem to be alternate SUndays around here; that’s when the cleaning people come and I retreat into my craft room to be out of their way. Total: 2 pendants and 3 pair of earrings. The two pendants are … Continue reading →

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blisters, beads and macro

Posted on April 18, 2009 by dichroic

We got out on the water today! For some reason Rudder and I both agree that rowing here feels much more difficult than anywhere else. I attribute it to the climate – thought it wasn’t hot today it was warm … Continue reading →

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Life is weird

Posted on April 15, 2009 by dichroic

Life is weird in so many ways. Aging is weird. It turns out to feature a lot of odd realizations about how old you are (“old enough to be the parent of those junior rowers”, “almost as old as my … Continue reading →

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something I’ve been meaning to do

Posted on April 13, 2009 by dichroic

My uncle sent me this photo a while ago, and I’ve been meaning to post it. Chaz’s post of his mother’s photo finally pushed me into it, because there’s nothing like peer pressure fro a fictional character. This is my … Continue reading →

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AWwwwww…

Posted on April 7, 2009 by dichroic

I felt a little off yesterday morning and so worked from home. During the day, I updated one website, completed three short presentations, attended four telecons and ran two of them, and also completed the socks I was working on … Continue reading →

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