Author Archives: dichroic

I was thinking about the Australian bushfires and did a little looking around to get some data. Currently about 12 million acres have burned – compare that with 10 million acres in the US in 2017, a bad year. (That’s … Continue reading →

Just getting down a quick record before I post a thoughtpiece on the fires in OZ. We had a very quiet holiday – spent just an overnight with Ted’s parents between Xmas and NYE, but otherwise we were at home, … Continue reading →

Sorry, I know, still haven’t written about my Poland trip. I should also update the other blog, since I recently re-registered the domain (and am consequently, annoyingly, getting a ton of calls from people wanting to help me with my … Continue reading →

I do not understand why WordPress gives me so many issues with adding images these days, but I always seem to have to go back to Classic mode to do it. Blah. Anyway, I have just upgraded again and hopefully … Continue reading →

After 4 weeks with the new kitten, I have scrapes and scratches all over my body – but she’s still pretty adorable. She doesn’t do it on purpose – when she deliberately touches skin it’s with velvet paws. It’s just … Continue reading →

And I’m late posting, because I adopted her a week and a half ago. Meet Pinot Gris: She’s not perfect – for instance there’s her habit of walking straight up the nearest human to get up to a surface she … Continue reading →

Weird thing happened to me last night – documenting it in case it happens again, so I’ll know when it started. Around 2AM, I woke up feeling like I’d just swallowed a bit of acid – throat burning, acidic taste … Continue reading →

Labor Day week was supposed to be wonderful. We planned to pack up the cats and spend the week at the lake – Ted took the week off, since he has more vacation time, and I’d get the long weekend … Continue reading →

This weekend we stayed home for once – with the renovations in full swing, we’ve been going to the lake house most weekends. Sunday we went to a wine blending event. We were given young Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Franc … Continue reading →

Tamora Pierce’s first book, Alanna, was published in 1983 – the year before I started college at Pierce’s own alma mater. This explains why I never read her books at the proper age, why they’re not part of my formative … Continue reading →