Author Archives: GypsyShaughnessy

Speechless – Georgetown, Ascension Islands – [04/17/2013]

“Sometimes there are no words. No clever quote to sum up what has happened that day. Sometimes the day just…ends” ~ Criminal Minds I do not understand the world. I have seen much of it, experienced perhaps more of it … Continue reading

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The Tale of the 600 Steps – Jamestown, St Helena – [04/16/2013]

It breaks your heart going up, and your neck going down. This is what they say about St. Helena’s “Jacob’s Ladder”, an aged stone stairway hewed into the rock of the amphitheater that surrounds the colourful little chocolate-box town of … Continue reading

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On The Home Stretch – Jamestown, St Helena, Ascension Islands – [04/15/2013]

The race is long, and in the end it is better to race within oneself and finish behind the others than to race too hard and crash ~ The Art of Racing in the Rain This last month it’s been … Continue reading

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‘Cause this is Africa – Cape Town – [04/08/2013]

You’re a good solider Choosin’ your battles Pick yourself up and dust yourself off and back in the saddle I went to Africa and it rained. A lot. At first. I sat in the temporary silence of the still-empty crew … Continue reading

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Behind the 8 Ball – Richard’s Bay, South Africa – [04/03/2013]

Let that be, a lesson to you Everybody meets their Waterloo You’re never too big to end up behind the 8 ball When one is privileged with being something of a world traveler one learns to take certain precautions in … Continue reading

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At the End of the Day – At Sea – [04/02/2013]

At the end of the day you’re another day older And that’s what you can say for the life of the poor It’s a struggle it’s a war and there’s no sign anything’s changing.. – Les Miserables I love my … Continue reading

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Look Out for Lemurs! – Nosy Be, Madagascar – [03/30/2013]

You all sitting back on your couches at home are probably thinking to yourself ‘was it worth it’? Was it worth the international flights and miles and miles of travel on roads that I wouldn’t even call roads, and hiking … Continue reading

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Yo Ho, Yo Ho – Colombo, Sri Lanka – [03/24/2013]

I think it would be rather exciting to meet a pirate… Think again Miss Swann. We’re long past the days of ‘a short drop and a sudden stop’ as a punishment for those who sail under the ‘Jolly Roger’. Of … Continue reading

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A Request

My dear readers: There has been some kind of a glitch in the tracker that is supposed to monitor my email subscribers – it’s for some reason not registering everyone properly. If you are one of the few readers who … Continue reading

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Dream Demons – Colombo, Sri Lanka – [03/24/2013]

But I am always dreaming…even when I am awake […] Drown out my dreams! Keep me from remembering whatever wants me to remember it! – The Last Unicorn Dreams are such strange things. So many have tried to interpret them … Continue reading

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