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confused

Posted on September 12, 2016 by dichroic

This latest thing with athletes kneeling during the US national anthem confuses the heck out of me. I support anyone’s right to protest peacefully, of course, as a form of free speech; it’s just that I’d have thought that kneeling … Continue reading →

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mortality, again, and math

Posted on September 9, 2016 by dichroic

That whole mortality thing yesterday had me thinking about math and time. My online friend’s husband did die yesterday, and she mentioned that they’d had 61 years together. My parents had 50, and one set of grandparents were just shy … Continue reading →

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mean-spiritedness and mortality

Posted on September 8, 2016 by dichroic

I had a slightly frustrating conversation today; someone told me in so many words that she doesn’t want people to be able to go to college for free because “well, we had to pay for ours!” taxes, but this didn’t … Continue reading →

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Sit by my side, come as close as the air…

Posted on August 30, 2016 by dichroic

I. I’m always amazed at all the things people don’t know. I don’t mean trivia so much – I can understand not knowing bits of history or song lyrics or whatever because you’re just not interested. And I’m always amazed … Continue reading →

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a few more things about St. Mary’s

Posted on August 22, 2016 by dichroic

(See previous post for context.) These books are absolute time travel crack, but they move along so damned fast, apparently, even the author can’t keep up. Just a few of the continuity errors, behind a cut because spoilers are unavoidable … Continue reading →

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a concise St. Mary’s reference

Posted on August 19, 2016 by dichroic

I really like The Chronicles of St. Mary’s series by Jodi Taylor; the first book was a bit awkward, as first books so often are, but they’ve smoothed out. There are faults, of course – a ton of minor characters … Continue reading →

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narrative dreaming

Posted on August 15, 2016 by dichroic

I had the coolest dream last night – something about being on a spaceship that was mostly built by the Mayans. There were some issues with the oxygen system – we’d thought we wouldn’t need any O2 above 900 miles, … Continue reading →

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Los Galapagos!!

Posted on August 10, 2016 by dichroic

I finally got our Galapagos trip blogged, and it took only 5 posts to do it. You can click each link below directly or just start with the first (or last) and page through. Quito About the ship, trip and … Continue reading →

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FOphotos

Posted on August 8, 2016 by dichroic

Just a couple of photos of the knitting projects I’ve just finished:

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nearly back to normal life

Posted on August 8, 2016 by dichroic

We got back from the Galapagos just a week ago and I’m at the tail end of catching up: I’ve unpacked and done all my laundry; restocked the fridge and cupboards; caught up on email and news: set up a … Continue reading →

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