Category Archives: musing

not retiring from life

Posted on July 25, 2007 by dichroic

Yesterday I went out rowing in a double with a woman who is a bit less than a decade older than me. She has four children, all rowers, the younest of whom is just starting college. She go involved with … Continue reading →

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Jo-jo says…

Posted on July 18, 2007 by dichroic

There’s an Amnesty International office just over from our flat. The other day as I was walking by, I noticed they had a sign posted saying “Make some noise against sexism!” So as I walked past, I said out loud, … Continue reading →

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forever in bluejeans

Posted on July 9, 2007 by dichroic

I had a flashback to college the other day. After work I changed into jeans to head out to dinner; it was chlly and damp, so I decided to wear my newest jeans, the ones I just bought from Old … Continue reading →

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dream wardrobe

Posted on June 12, 2007 by dichroic

I spent some time looking for shoes last weekend, both here and at the online places I trust enough to order shoes from – brown, flat or low-heeled, more bohemian than ladylike, suitable to wear with floaty skirts or capris. … Continue reading →

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why it’s important to know your geography

Posted on June 10, 2007 by dichroic

A fundamentalist acquaintance of mine (an Australian, but a deep-dyed, literal-word, Darwin denyin’ fundamentalist of the kind I thought mostly only grew in the American South) linked recently to this article. She thought the writer had some good points to … Continue reading →

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a fearsome listing

Posted on May 30, 2007 by dichroic

My life has been a little surreal lately, if I stop to think about it. In the past six months, I’ve been in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Duomo in Milan, Westminster Abbey, Notre Dame and more than a few other … Continue reading →

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Speaking of new holidays…

Posted on April 13, 2007 by dichroic

So we were out for dinner and hoisted a glass to Gagarin, Crippen and Young. And it may have been due to the bottle of Beaujolais we polished off but we came to a decision. (Rudder interjects: It had nothing … Continue reading →

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patience and fortitude

Posted on February 27, 2007 by dichroic

It’s a funny thing. Patience has always been a woman’s lot in life: waiting for children to learn better, waiting for warriors to come home. Waiting for bread to bake, for clothes to dry, for plants to sprout. That makes … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 12, 2007 by dichroic

We just happened to catch Barack Obama’s speech live the other night. I was very impressed. He’s got just enough Baptist-preacher cadence to compel an audience looking for another MLK Jr., but not enough to sound as if he should … Continue reading →

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of unequal importance

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Dichroic

It’s funny what parts of my life have really become integrated in my subconscious. I spent 6 years in grade school (1-6 grade), 3 years in junior high (7-9 grade), 3 years in high school (10-12 grade), 4 years in … Continue reading →

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