Author Archives: dichroic

more personal stuff

Posted on November 15, 2016 by dichroic

I promise not to talk about the Electoral college in this one, or even about the election itself except obliquely. I’m going to have to go back to my doctor, I think (my GP). Lately my blood pressure has seemed … Continue reading →

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Electoral College – why?nope, nope, nope and not that reason either.

Posted on November 15, 2016 by dichroic

I’ve had so much to say since this election, but this hasn’t felt like the right place to say it, for two reasons: one is that as far as I can tell this site is mostly read by people of … Continue reading →

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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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