Category Archives: Reflections

What Is a Hero? – Glacier Bay, Alaska – [09/11/2015]

Little did she know she’d kissed a hero Though he’d always been an angel in her eyes Putting others first its true That’s what heroes always do And now he doesn’t need a pair of wings to fly 14 years … Continue reading

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Wolf at the Door – Skagway, Alaska – [09/27/2015]

Henry got up, dressed all in black Went down to the station And he never came back They found his clothes, scattered somewhere down the track And he won’t be down on wall street in the morning […] You find … Continue reading

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Civilized Freedom – Ketchikan, Alaska – [08/25/2015]

They civilize freedom Till no one is free no one except by coincidence me ~ Paint Your Wagon It’s hard to believe how fast this season has gone – I mean wasn’t it only yesterday that I got here? With … Continue reading

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Put Your Faith In – Glacier Bay, Alaska – [08/14/2015]

He had always felt that books created a force field around him […] he had never had to travel, his conversations with books had been sufficient. Until finally he prized them more highly than people. They were less threatening. ~ … Continue reading

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Chinese Whispers – Glacier Bay, Alaska – [08/04/2015]

If there’s one thing I wish I wasn’t prone to, it’s laryngitis. My voice can sing until the end of time, but if I’m on a contract where I talk too much and there is even the slightest little hint … Continue reading

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Along the Way – Glacier Bay – [07/31/2015]

I have been a rover  I have walked alone Hiked a hundred highways Never found a home Still in all I’m happy The reason is you see once in a while, along the way Life’s been good to me.. I … Continue reading

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Wonder as I Wander – Ketchikan, Alaska – [07/24/2015]

Sometimes I can’t help but wonder what it would be like to live out here, in Alaska I mean, not on the ship. It’s an oddly tempting prospect sometimes; to be so far away from everything and surrounded by so … Continue reading

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Happiness Is – Juneau, Alaska – [07/15/2015]

You are a true wizard now as you always wished. Does it make you happy? Well, men don’t always know when they’re happy but…I think so ~ The Last Unicorn There was a time that I didn’t think I would … Continue reading

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Two Worlds, One Girl – At Sea – [07/06/2015]

I can get dressed up go out and swing till three am and then Lie down at five, jump up at six And start all over again… Although granted, I can’t do that as often as I used to. There … Continue reading

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Fire 451 – At Sea – [07/06/2015]

The temperature at which book-paper burns… I have read many many unsettling books in my time. Most of the classics are – in their own way – unsettling. Even Peter Pan in its original form is terribly bittersweet and sad; … Continue reading

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