Author Archives: dichroic

new monkeys

Posted on September 10, 2007 by dichroic

I really, really hope I’m not coming down with a cold. Any time int he next three weeks is a bad time for it. However, there does seem to be a front coming in – it’s colder, gray and windy … Continue reading →

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on tenterhooks

Posted on September 9, 2007 by dichroic

We have some potential adopters coming over to meet the cat this evening. I feel rather like a mother whose child is auditioning, except I can’t even give him good advice and tell him to behave nicely. The apartment looks … Continue reading →

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the stash

Posted on September 9, 2007 by dichroic

This is my entire knitting stash, circled in red – that includes all of my needles and all of my yarn. The entire beading stash is circled in blue. In the interests of full disclosure, there are a couple of … Continue reading →

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no sheep need apply

Posted on September 6, 2007 by dichroic

Between yesterday’s Hepatitis vaccine and today’s blood tests (all part of getting ready to go to Taiwan) if I wore a sleeveless shirt I’d blend right in at the druggie center. I’m having a severe case of clothing irony at … Continue reading →

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the hobby report

Posted on September 5, 2007 by dichroic

I went rowing last night in the double. It was a short row, because first we had to help christen Rudder’s new boat (more on that in a minute) and then my partner had to be back in early. We … Continue reading →

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the final element

Posted on September 3, 2007 by dichroic

Here’s another necklace that’s been a long time coming. I’ve been collecting the beads for it for a while now, got some key ones at the bead/jewelry fair a few weeks ago, and unexpectedly found gold-plated wire on sale here … Continue reading →

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travel report

Posted on September 2, 2007 by dichroic

Almost forgot to mention: the Scandiavia trip report, rife with pictures, is up over here.

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home, for the moment

Posted on September 1, 2007 by dichroic

The worst part about writing reports of our trips is that uploading the photo takes for-freakin’-ever if I use WordPress’s upload feature. I could upload them much faster via Fugu (a very nice Mac FTP app) and I should just … Continue reading →

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I got ramblin’ on my mind

Posted on August 29, 2007 by dichroic

We spent today at Legoland – the original one in Billund, Denmark. We’ve also been in Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark; old seaside resort towns in Germany and Denmark. We’ve eaten actual hamburgers (nearly American-style) and ale instead of lager, and … Continue reading →

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…on empty

Posted on August 17, 2007 by dichroic

Running, running, running. I’ve been working on paperwork for the Taiwan move (and for the record, including a prepaid return envelope is much more difficult when a) you need it to be returned from the US to Europe) and b) … Continue reading →

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