Category Archives: Below the waterline

Penny Still Spinning…. – At Sea – [09/23/2015]

I feel like I’m going to throw up Now you are NOT going to be sick! Not if I faint first! ~ Victor Victoria Or Just like a boxer in a title fight You’ve got to walk in that ring … Continue reading

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Penny in the Air – [09/22/2015]

Remember when you went out for your first job? Remember how you were so nervous you couldn’t sleep the night before the interview. Remember how crushed you were when the guy asked ‘what kind of experience do you have?’, you … Continue reading

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The Bluest Skies You’ve Ever Seen – Juneau, Alaska – [08/20/2015]

When it’s time to leave your home And your loved ones It’s the hardest thing a girl can ever do And you pray that you will find Something warm and sweet and kind But you’re not sure what’s waiting there … Continue reading

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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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Surprise! – Glacier Bay, Alaska – [09/11/2015]

Departmental meetings are a very serious business, or at least they can be. Particularly when one is called in the middle of the week and everyone is being very tight-lipped about it. Not even me, who usually can milk information … Continue reading

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One Down…Three to Go – Skagway, Alaska – [09/10/2015]

And so we enter the weeks of “last”…last salmon bake, last Tracy’s crab shack, or in today’s case…last Skagway. It’s only one tiny little street, mostly tourist shops and jewelry stores, and one IGA grocery store whose shelves get more … Continue reading

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Magic In The Stars – At Sea – [09/08/2015]

Some things are even beyond a once in a lifetime experience. Once, what feels like a long time ago, I lay on my back on the wooden planking of the aft deck and stared up at the most beautiful full … Continue reading

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Still Solitary – Ketchikan, Alaska – [09/03/2015]

Day 2… I was supposed to be released today I suspect, but my temperature spiked overnight (which I don’t know how much it really did, as it was 2am and I was obviously under the covers and the room was … Continue reading

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Solitary Confinement – Juneau, Alaska – [09/03/2015]

Ever since I was a kid, if I get a fever, it’s high. Sky high. I remember being doused in ice baths as a child in an attempt to bring my temperatures down; although in reality there was no ice … 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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