Category Archives: Grand Cruises

Gear Up, Three Greens…

No matter how much I travel ,I never get used to airports. I know many people who love to fly, my own family included, but I just don’t fly well. I love take-offs and landings, but actual flying? Not for … Continue reading

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Until Tomorrow… – At Sea – [12/04/2012]

Things have been busy at my floating home, and so I know I’ve been well behind in providing proper updates. It seems we turned around twice and the last day was here! It always goes quickly, but this time it … Continue reading

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Packing It Up – Trans-Pacific Day 1 – [11/30/2012]

Unlike previous years, the trans-pacific crossing has treated us with remarkable delicacy so far – that said, we’ve only been out here a day, a day and a half if you include the overnight sailing that we were mostly all … Continue reading

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Mele Keliemaka – Lahaina, Hawaii – [11/28/2012]

Hawai’i is one of the few places that looks precisely like what you expect it to. At least, the ports that I’ve been fortunate enough to visit do. Even the big cities here look like the idealistic postcard versions, with … Continue reading

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Wind Up – Lahaina, Hawaii – [11/28/2012]

I’d almost forgotten what it felt like to have so little in the way of tension in my shoulders. Six more days, and I’ll join the majority of the crew in the mass chaos of debark in San Diego, I’ll … Continue reading

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Hello Old Friend – At Sea – [11/24/2012]

Hello old friend, it’s good to be with you Time is standing still And we’ll be forever young… Sometimes I feel like I watch other people’s lives and don’t really live one of my own. My life is a sample … Continue reading

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Fathoms Below, Again – At Sea – [11/23/2012]

Arrh…so you think ye can cross the equator without payin’ tribute do ye. Avast matey’s ye have another th’ot comin’. Sorry. I had to. Even though I wasn’t a pirate this year. This was by choice really, because being a … Continue reading

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Arising Triumphant – Auckland, New Zealand – [11/17/2012]

It may have come across in previous discussions that writing is not necessarily an easy process. At least, writing “properly” is not an easy process. Writers will write, no matter what, the thing is that most of what we brain-drain … Continue reading

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The Day the Circus Came Back – At Sea – [11/15/2012]

Baby cried the day the circus came to town’cause she didn’t want parades just passing by her So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown While she danced without a net upon a wire I’ve said … Continue reading

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Queen of Love and Beauty – At Sea – [11/14/2012]

On my last family vacation to California we went to Medieval Times.  For those of you not familiar with it: Medieval Times is a chain of dinner theatre restaurants that specializes in taking their patrons ‘back in time’. Once inside … Continue reading

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