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Category Archives: Alaska
Sunset Departures – Skagway – [07/17/2012]
As I watched our slow retreat from Skagway this afternoon I realized that this is the only true time we see the town for what it really is. One solitary empty street of carefully restored store-fronts, surrounded by a tiny … Continue reading
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Star-light, Star-bright – At Sea – [07/15/2012]
You might think you’ve seen the stars, but until you’ve seen them from the deck of a ship in the middle of the ocean, I would challenge whether you’ve seen them at all. With so little light pollution out here, … Continue reading
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The Roar of Solitude – Skagway – [07/10/2012]
I am ever a childe of wind and wave I was supposed to go on a 6 hour round trip hike today to Upper Dewey Lake. Ultimately the voice of sanity won over the desire to socialize and I decided … Continue reading
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Mermaid Weather – Juneau – [07/10/2012]
It’s bad luck to be singing about Pirates what with us mired in this unnatural fog And fog it is…lying over us like a blanket as we make our way to Juneau. It is pouring rain today; by the time … Continue reading
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Round and Round and Round – At Sea – [07/06/2012]
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La-de-da-dee-dee La-de-da-dee-da And the beat goes on And the beat goes on… It occurs to me that I haven’t had a great deal to say lately. For the most part that’s been … Continue reading
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Come By The Hills – Skagway – [07/03/2012]
Come by the hills to the land where legend remains Where stories of old fill the heart and may yet come again Where the trees sway in time, and even the wind seems in tune After I was lucky enough … Continue reading
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Dare to Dance – Juneau – [07/02/2012]
“It’s a perfectly balanced mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dream clock chiming beneath a mystery glass we call life. Behind it? Below it and around it? Chaos, storms. Men with hammers, men with … Continue reading
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On Adoption – Ketchikan – [06/28/2012]
It’s taken me a long time, a lot longer than on most ships, but at long last, I have managed to find the band. You would think it would have been easy, considering that there are twice as many party … Continue reading
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Light-Bright – At Sea – [06/27/2012]
So beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly Take me to the green valley And lay the sod o’re me I’m a young cowboy and know I’ve done wrong Sometimes, things come up and jump on you completely … Continue reading
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Drip, drip drop – Glacier Bay – [06/27/2012]
Rain…feel it on my finger tips Hear it on my window pane We always joke that it rains 364 days out of the year in Alaska. The truth is that that’s only really a half-joke. It is always raining up … Continue reading
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