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Category Archives: Alaska
Reflections and Reconnections – Vancouver – [06/23/2012]
Don’t look back…how often do we tell ourselves that? Often I suppose. And the advice usually goes unheeded. Human beings were built to look back, that’s why we have that swivel joint in our necks – Stephen King I’ve said … Continue reading
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Shards of Self – At Sea – [06/22/2012]
Who am I anyway? Am I my resume? That is a picture of a person I don’t know… Sometimes it’s easy to forget what it was like to be the new girl… We have an interesting circumstance onboard at the … Continue reading
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All Little Children Grow Up…. – Ketchikan – [06/14/2012]
“You can’t do this forever” I shrug as I say it to passenger after passenger, usually in response to their queries about what I do on land, or what I’ll do when I decide to settle down. The truth is … Continue reading
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All Aboard – Skagway – [06/19/2012]
“The best sounds in the world are airplane motors, ship’s horns and train whistles” – It’s a Wonderful Life This rather insane water-logged life of mine means I’m exposed to the first two of those sounds on a regular basis: … Continue reading
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Mees-en-Scene – At Sea – [06/17/2012]
“Sometimes I think there is a hole in me. An emptiness that at times seems to burn. I think if you put my ear to my heart you would probably hear the ocean” Alaska provides too many opportunities for deep … Continue reading
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Collision Course – At Sea – [06/17/2012]
I would argue that there is little that is more depressing than a rainy sea-day in Alaska. Everything turns monotone and it feels if we are sailing through a particularly lonesome watercolor in which the artist could not decide on … Continue reading
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Roving Daydreams – Juneau – [06/10/2012]
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… Every so … Continue reading
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Steady as the Beating Drum – Vancouver – [06/09/2012]
He wants me to be steady, like the river. But the river isn’t steady at all! Even in this ground-hog day of a season, where day after day and week after week is the same, nothing is really steady. I … Continue reading
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No Name City – Skagway – [06/05/2012]
The first thing you notice about Skagway is the size of the place compared to the sheer population of tourists inhabiting it on a daily basis. The town barely seems big enough to support the thousands of people that disgorge … Continue reading
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Parchment tears and snapped spines – Vancouver – [06/02/2012]
It makes me sound like a fool to say it breaks my heart a little every time it happens…people don’t really realize that in a great many ways my books are like my children. I know them, I care for … Continue reading
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