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how can I keep from singing?

Posted on November 21, 2014 by dichroic

I am a singer at heart – not a singer as in people want to hear me sing, but one as in that’s what I do when I can and it’s actually a bit hard for me sometimes not to … Continue reading →

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le bon temps, they roulez’d

Posted on November 19, 2014 by dichroic

Last weekend was fabulous. My husband appears to have hung out entirely with a core group of friends in college and to have known hardly anyone else – but that core group were all back in New Orleans for Homecoming … Continue reading →

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packing

Posted on November 12, 2014 by dichroic

Nope, I still don’t really understand the concept of packing light. I’m packing for a long weekend in New Orleans. Warm climate, short trip, should be easy to pack carry-on-only, right? Except that said trip will involve lots of walking … Continue reading →

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not quite a review: The Goblin Emperor

Posted on November 6, 2014 by dichroic

Note: It’s not a review because it’s my idiosyncratic response to a book in a very specific situation. It’s got some of the things you’d expect in a review in it (even on the erg it’s impossible to miss how … Continue reading →

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autumn ramblings

Posted on October 31, 2014 by dichroic

Autumn in Oregon has hit with a vengeance – the skies are dark gray and it’s been raining more often than not. Most often Oregon rain is light enough not to mind, but it’s been heavier for the last week … Continue reading →

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rougher than expected

Posted on October 13, 2014 by dichroic

Well, this weekend ended up a bit more exciting than expected. We went down to the lake house and, having felt a bit sleep deprived since returning from Hawaii the previous weekend, slept in until 8 or so. Just as … Continue reading →

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in the air again

Posted on October 8, 2014 by dichroic

I’ve been quiet because we were on vacation; I really need to write up a blog entry on our trip to Hawaii, but the short version is that it was wonderful. I’m not really a tropics person normally, but I … Continue reading →

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some thoughts about time off

Posted on September 23, 2014 by dichroic

I just read that the Jewish year 5775 is the year of the Shemittah, the Sabbatical year when all loans are forgiven and people were supposed to desist from all field work. Think about that – that means that in … Continue reading →

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an unexpected poem happened by

Posted on September 22, 2014 by dichroic

This comes from a bunch of things. Elizabeth Goudge sent me to Rupert Brooke (and wow – I’d never seen that sonnet before. What a wallop it has!) which of course made me think of the end of his life, … Continue reading →

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self-sabotage

Posted on September 22, 2014 by dichroic

The litter box bit me! Then I made it worse myself. At some point on Saturday I got a splinter from walking out on the wooden balcony barefoot. (In the lake house, we have real wood floors. They’re slippery enough … Continue reading →

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