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Cobwebs that aren’t swept away… – Victoria – [06/17/2013 – ?]
Those of you who have known me for a while, that is who actually know me in off-the-page off-the-ship real life (which is a fair few of you) may remember when I used to be in studio dance. Actually you … Continue reading
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Untethered – Victoria – [07/07/2013]
As I’ve mentioned before, when I was a kid my parents took me to Medieval Times in California. I spent hours being mesmerized by swordfights and women in pretty dresses and truly beautiful horses. And the birds… To fist! To … Continue reading
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Catching Life by the Hand…. – Victoria – [07/06/2013]
I often say that sometimes when I get home it feels like my own life has moved on without me and I have to run to catch up to it. What I really need to remember is that there are … Continue reading
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Interludes – Victoria/Vancouver – 06/27/2013
It’s always strange for me to go on the ferry these days. Until last week I hadn’t set foot on a BC Ferry for nearly ten years. It’s an odd experience to be on a boat that I’m not – … Continue reading
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To Love Another Person – Vancouver – 06/19/2013
I had the chance to see Les Miserables when I lived in London what seems like all those years ago, and the fact that I chose not to do so (I had just seen Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and … Continue reading
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Peace on the Wings of an Eagle..
I didn’t realize how tired I was, or how dangerously close I was to burn out, until I was given the opportunity to take a dozen long steps back from the edge of the brink and look up at the … Continue reading
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Homeward Bound…
Home feels strange. It always does, but sometimes it feels stranger than others. Home where the floor doesn’t move, where the view outside my window doesn’t change drastically every day, where there is no sound of grating wheels against corrugated … Continue reading
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26 Miles – Avalon, Santa Catalina, California – [05/17/2013]
26 miles across the sea, Santa Catalina is a’waiting for me… It’s very wonderfully surreal to find yourself actually in the town that features in one of the songs you’ve somehow been humming to yourself since you were a kid. … Continue reading
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Whispers – San Diego, California – [05/16/2013]
“You know what a ship is don’t you? It’s not a hull and some rope and some sails that’s what a ship needs what a ship is…is…freedom” More than laughter, more than companionship, more than almost anything else…it turned out … Continue reading
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Thanks for all the Fish! – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico – [05/14/2013]
The last recorded dolphin message was misinterpreted as an attempt to do a triple backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the Star – Spangled Banner… ~ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Six days before the end of my contract, … Continue reading