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more good things

Posted on February 20, 2015 by dichroic

We’re going to the lake house this weekend – we haven’t been there for a few weeks, and after this we aren’t likely to go for another four more. There are good and bad sides to this: the good side … Continue reading →

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good things

Posted on February 17, 2015 by dichroic

A couple of brags: Just a couple of days ago I learned that my book has a review up on Amazon! (I mean, a critic’s review, not a reader’s review – still none of those.) It’s from the American Society … Continue reading →

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cooking (and not cooking)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by dichroic

It’s very annoying that some of my updates get rejected by LJ; no idea why that happens. (This is why yesterday’s update from here just went up over there – if you read an LJ and you didn’t see it, … Continue reading →

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assorted minor kvetching

Posted on February 11, 2015 by dichroic

Maybe I’ll run away after work today and never go home. This is the downside of having a workout plan – you know what’s lurking in wait for you. Today it’s erging 5 sets of 5 minutes at AT – … Continue reading →

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girls, girls, girls

Posted on February 5, 2015 by dichroic

Jim Hines put out a call for guest blog posts about representation in SF/F, about what it was like to grow up without seeing people like yourself in the books you read. I thought about writing something like that, and … Continue reading →

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fashion for the non-photogenic

Posted on February 3, 2015 by dichroic

I’m having a closet problem lately: too much stuff in it. Problem is, the vast majority of it is stuff I actually wear. My sweaters may not fit well in their hanging shelf doohicky, but I love wearing sweaters and … Continue reading →

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review: My Real Children

Posted on February 2, 2015 by dichroic

(No serious spoilers below, so it should be safe unless you’re one of those people who doesn’t like to know anything about what happens in a book beforehand. In which case I’ll just say “it’s good, go read it.” I’m … Continue reading →

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this and that

Posted on January 29, 2015 by dichroic

In no particular order, things that have been on my mind. It’s a scattered place in there. One thing I didn’t mention was that after wearing high (not sky-high) heels all night at my reunion, my big toe was numb … Continue reading →

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requiescat in astra

Posted on January 28, 2015 by dichroic

I take note of this week every year – we’re into the saddest week of the year for NASA, because of all the anniversaries clustered together: Apollo 1 launch fire: January 27, 1967 Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Command Pilot Edward … Continue reading →

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reunion rundown

Posted on January 27, 2015 by dichroic

The reunion was great, actually. It was funny – the whole thing was conceived and hatched on Facebook, so that’s where all the pre- and post-discussion was, I have never seen my FB feed explode as it did that weekend. … Continue reading →

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