Author Archives: GypsyShaughnessy

Camp Granada – Boston, Mas – [05/20/2017]

Posted on May 20, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

And so I have returned from what really feels like an excursion to summer camp. A little bittersweet to be sure, it’s been a long time since I had that much fun or worked with so many like-minded people…but at … Continue reading →

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Recaptured – Seattle, Washington – [05/18/2017]

Posted on May 18, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

Well you know they say all good things must come to some kind of ending ~ Christian Kane How can it be the end of the week already?  It seems like we all just arrived here, and yet here we … Continue reading →

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Awesome Nerds – Seattle, Washington – [05/14-15/2017]

Posted on May 15, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

You know I always thought that I was a weird girl or a strange girl or not even a girl…just because I could play y’know? And now I look around and look at us , there’s a whole lot of … Continue reading →

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Peace and Panic – Somewhere over the Caribbean – [05/13/2017]

Posted on May 13, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

I had thought that I’d seen some of the most odd contract experiences; but this is the first time I’ve left a ship half way through a contract to go somewhere else and come back. Welcome to the semi-annual workshop … Continue reading →

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Bright Light – Willemstad, Curacao – [05/11/2017]

Posted on May 11, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

I had no intention of going out today. We’re still in a very warm part of the world (goddess I’m looking forward to Boston) and I’ve been having difficulty dealing with the heat…that said, sometimes it feels like I’m having … Continue reading →

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Touching Normal – Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala – [05/04/2017]

Posted on May 6, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

Distance hurts. A lot. And sometimes, just sometimes, the brief glimpse of normal that you are gifted in between the distance stings as much as it heals. Amras and I are on separate ships this contract. I haven’t seen him … Continue reading →

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Come Hear the Music Play – At Sea – [05/03/2017]

Posted on May 3, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

There are only two piano bar entertainers in the fleet that I have enough of a rapport with that they will trust me to step up to their microphones. I knew that one of them was currently on board, and … Continue reading →

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Disconnect – At Sea – [05/02/2017]

Posted on May 3, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

If you ever want to have a truly humbling experience – take on purging your digital life. Not “unplugging” in the big dramatic sense, but more in the sense of actively cleansing your digital profile. Not with the intention of … Continue reading →

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Through the Fire – At Sea – [04-25-2017]

Posted on April 26, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

I just got out of bed and sneaked downstairs at 1:10 in the morning…to rescue paperbacks from the recycle bin…. How typical of me… You can take the girl out of the library, but you can’t take the librarian out … Continue reading →

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Dance with the Water – Bora Bora, French Polynesia – [04/13/2017]

Posted on April 15, 2017 by GypsyShaughnessy

Every turn I make, every trail I track, every path I take…every road leads back [to] the line where the sky meets the sea… The unbalance has been throwing me lately. I’ve not been sleeping, I’ve been edgy and twitchy … Continue reading →

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