Author Archives: dichroic

hold your ears a minute, please

Posted on November 8, 2016 by dichroic

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Election nerves.)

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YOP!!!

Posted on November 8, 2016 by dichroic

I’ve been following Pantsuit Nation today on Facebook. I only heard of it yesterday, apparently it was only founded a couple of weeks ago, and now it feels like all my female friends are in there. If anyone remembers Horton … Continue reading →

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a wider view

Posted on November 3, 2016 by dichroic

Maybe from here on to the election I should just stick to posting quotes that touch me – I’ve been coming across a bunch lately, though not all of them work out of context. Tonight seems to be the night … Continue reading →

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venting, explosively

Posted on November 3, 2016 by dichroic

I have been trying hard to stay civil, throughout this whole election. It really does feel to me like this is something way out of the extraordinary and yet some knowledge of history tells me it may not be. The … Continue reading →

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Are you better off now?

Posted on October 21, 2016 by dichroic

An election-year question: Just out of curiosity, and I’m especially aiming this question to people living in the US: Would you say that you are better off than you were 8 years ago, or worse? Would you say that the … Continue reading →

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I can’t crochet, but I can crotchet with the best of them

Posted on October 17, 2016 by dichroic

In less than half a year now, I’ll be entering my sixth decade, and I have figured out what I want for a birthday gift. (Aside from world peach. I would always like world peace for a present, but it … Continue reading →

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catch-up compendium

Posted on October 14, 2016 by dichroic

Oops, yup, way too long since I’ve updated. What’s been happening? Let’s see, last week I spent a couple of days in Houston. Unfortuntely I was there for only two nights, sans car, on the wrong side of town, so … Continue reading →

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Conflicting bookery

Posted on September 29, 2016 by dichroic

Perhaps not the best combination: reading Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth while my workout audiobook is Connie Willis’s Blackput. Death and destruction in all directions 🙁 And I keep hearing the refrain, “For, Willie McBride, it all happened again, and … Continue reading →

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high-tech sleeping

Posted on September 21, 2016 by dichroic

Sleeping is getting way too high tech lately. Yesterday I had an especially hard workout – 11km, including a warm-up followed by 2 sets of 2km at aerobic threshold, then 3km at marathon pace. So I actually headed up to … Continue reading →

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the time before fear – and a very modern annoyance

Posted on September 19, 2016 by dichroic

The notes app I’ve been using for years, since I got my first iPhone, Fliq Notes does not seem to be playing well with iOS 10 – and as far as I can tell, they’re not supporting it for iPhones … Continue reading →

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