Category Archives: daily updates

mean-spiritedness and mortality

Posted on September 8, 2016 by dichroic

I had a slightly frustrating conversation today; someone told me in so many words that she doesn’t want people to be able to go to college for free because “well, we had to pay for ours!” taxes, but this didn’t … Continue reading →

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Sit by my side, come as close as the air…

Posted on August 30, 2016 by dichroic

I. I’m always amazed at all the things people don’t know. I don’t mean trivia so much – I can understand not knowing bits of history or song lyrics or whatever because you’re just not interested. And I’m always amazed … Continue reading →

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a concise St. Mary’s reference

Posted on August 19, 2016 by dichroic

I really like The Chronicles of St. Mary’s series by Jodi Taylor; the first book was a bit awkward, as first books so often are, but they’ve smoothed out. There are faults, of course – a ton of minor characters … Continue reading →

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narrative dreaming

Posted on August 15, 2016 by dichroic

I had the coolest dream last night – something about being on a spaceship that was mostly built by the Mayans. There were some issues with the oxygen system – we’d thought we wouldn’t need any O2 above 900 miles, … Continue reading →

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Los Galapagos!!

Posted on August 10, 2016 by dichroic

I finally got our Galapagos trip blogged, and it took only 5 posts to do it. You can click each link below directly or just start with the first (or last) and page through. Quito About the ship, trip and … Continue reading →

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nearly back to normal life

Posted on August 8, 2016 by dichroic

We got back from the Galapagos just a week ago and I’m at the tail end of catching up: I’ve unpacked and done all my laundry; restocked the fridge and cupboards; caught up on email and news: set up a … Continue reading →

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pray and hope for the peaceful, everywhere

Posted on July 5, 2016 by dichroic

If you’ve had a sprained ankle, you might have gained some knowledge of what it would be like if you couldn’t walk. If you’ve been broke during college and didn’t have parents who could just send you money, you might … Continue reading →

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the young Darwin

Posted on June 30, 2016 by dichroic

Reading Voyage of the Beagle in preparation for our Galápagos trip, I am finding the young Charles Darwin unexpectedly charming, in a sweet and very geeky wayk. The man is (was, but as long as I’m reading the book he’s … Continue reading →

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assorted comments while watching the House sit-in

Posted on June 22, 2016 by dichroic

Holy fucking shit. The US House Minority Leader James Clyburn has just said that he’s divided Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” into 46 parts, and they’re going to read it out loud in the course of the … Continue reading →

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WIP and FOs, because why not

Posted on June 22, 2016 by dichroic

I think it’s been a really long time, since I posted any knitting photos here. This weekend will be our third Black Sheep Squared knitters’ retreat – the ‘retreat’ is basically just me inviting people to stay at our lake … Continue reading →

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