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pre-reunion anxiety babbling

Posted on January 15, 2015 by dichroic

I’m heading off tonight for my thirtieth reunion. I still have mixed feelings about this – it’s not like I was the belle of the ball back in high school, after all, and an unexpectedly nasty FB comment from a … Continue reading →

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dressed like a duck

Posted on January 12, 2015 by dichroic

Today, I am wearing my big green sweater, because University of Oregon Ducks (green and yellow) are playing Ohio State Buckeyes (red and gray) for the college bowl championships. I’m not normally a big ducks fan, for two reasons: 1) … Continue reading →

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trip fidgeting

Posted on January 7, 2015 by dichroic

I have a trip to Philadelphia coming up in a week and a harf, for my thirtieth high school reunion. Flights are booked. Hotel is booked – I will stay at a hotel near the venue (and also close to … Continue reading →

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long live Oregon … and love

Posted on January 6, 2015 by dichroic

An online friend is celebrating the fact that, only seven years after her wedding, she is now legally married even when she’s at home. My response, because 2014 was a good year in many ways: If you were to come … Continue reading →

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quiet holidays

Posted on January 5, 2015 by dichroic

There’s not much to say about this past holiday; it was nice but exceedingly quiet. We went down to Rowell (the lake house) of course; finished the Holiday Challenge early then had a few days when it was warm enough … Continue reading →

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time to light a candle

Posted on December 19, 2014 by dichroic

I post the lyrics to Peter Yarrow’s song Light One Candle every year at Chanukah, because I believe deeply in the message in it. It’s also relevant to a couple of articles I’ve recently read; one describes the song as … Continue reading →

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the downward slide

Posted on December 15, 2014 by dichroic

Four days left – I’m off for the next two weeks. And after quitting time on Friday I plan to do two weeks’ worth of nothing. At least, that is, for values of “nothing” including: pack up the car and … Continue reading →

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These are not good poems, I don’t think

Posted on December 10, 2014 by dichroic

THe first one suffers from lack of water time. It’s a response to Millay’s “My heart, Being Hungry”, and its startings came to me while I was out rowing. But I haven’t been in a boat for a while (and … Continue reading →

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noodling with theology

Posted on December 3, 2014 by dichroic

In honor of Curt Schilling, I’m going to ramble on about theology for a bit. I’m just noodling; the below is speculation, not to be construed as a statement of everything I believe and certainly not an attempt to convince … Continue reading →

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monstrous regiments

Posted on December 2, 2014 by dichroic

I have been thinking about communities of women. I’ve encountered two literary ones recently, in very different books. Given who she is, it’s not surprising that Phyrne Fisher seems to know every female doctor, lawyer, pilot or adventurer in 1920s … Continue reading →

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