Author Archives: dichroic

Well, really Monday evening by the time I get off the plane. It’s just a very looooong tomorrow. I feel like I should be doing something to mark having the bed to myself for the last time tonight (last time … Continue reading →

Good thing I checked the train schedule tonight. Apparently they’re doing a big test tomorrow of a special winter storm schedule – instead of the trains going on their normal runs they would be doing a bunch of shorter ones … Continue reading →

First, good news in the world of juvenile / YA fantasy: Ingrid Law (author of Savvy) and Laurel Snyder (of Any Which Wall) both have new books out. Law’s Scumble is set in the same family as Savvy but twenty … Continue reading →

My Kindle just went splat, down onto the tiled bathroom floor and of course it was face-down rather than face up where it would have been cushioned by the nice leather cover. I have the money to get a new … Continue reading →

Mom’s gone, having more or less driven me nuts for a week and a half. But in fairness, she has a lot of good points too; how many people do you know who, on being taken on the wrong train … Continue reading →

We’re back from London, where we rode the London Eye (again, blah, I never understand why it attracts such crowds – though I kind of do understand why it attracts my mother, who has a bit of fear of heights … Continue reading →

TIme has shut up on me like a telescope, and now I feel like I’m plunging into an ocean. I survived the Rondje Eindhoven row last Sunday, obviously. Today is my last workday before vacation. Tonight I have my last … Continue reading →