Category Archives: Summer Contracts

Round and Round and Round – At Sea – [07/06/2012]

Posted on July 13, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

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]

Posted on July 13, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

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]

Posted on July 13, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

“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]

Posted on June 28, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

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]

Posted on June 28, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

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]

Posted on June 28, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

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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Reflections and Reconnections – Vancouver – [06/23/2012]

Posted on June 28, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

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]

Posted on June 28, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

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]

Posted on June 28, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

“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]

Posted on June 21, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

“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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