Category Archives: South Of the Border 2017

Pack-rat – Sydney, Nova Scotia – [07/14/2017]

It’s that time again.. Chocolate acquired, movie chosen…resignation to suitcases that came to the ship underweight leaving the ship overweight in place…. Time to pack… The last few days of a contract always are so surreal. It’s as if I’m … Continue reading

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Light in Darkness – Quebec, Canada – [06/09/2017]

Museums are my church, museums and art galleries. Every one is different, every one has its own signature, its own feeling. In their own way, each brings me peace. The east coast of Canada has a great deal of memories … Continue reading

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Give me Liberty – Boston, USA – [06/02/2017]

Yes, sir, I think I do. As the ship lay in Boston Harbor, a party of the colonists dressed as red Indians boarded the vessel, behaved very rudely, and threw all the tea overboard, making the tea unsuitable for drinking. … Continue reading

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The Eyes of Anne – Charlottetown, P.E.I – [05/24/2017]

Every young girl in Avonlea is about to heaven as she can be. If you don’t know why then I guess you didn’t hear… ~ Anne And Gilbert Someone this morning observed to me that Anne of Green Gables was … Continue reading

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God’s Heaven Be Their Blanket – Halifax, Nova Scotia – [05/22/2017]

May God’s heaven be your blanket as you sleep… ~ Titanic: The Musical Graveyards are wise, and the air in them is different. Some find an attraction to them gothic or macabre, I just find them peaceful. All graveyards are … Continue reading

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Camp Granada – Boston, Mas – [05/20/2017]

And so I have returned from what really feels like an excursion to summer camp. A little bittersweet to be sure, it’s been a long time since I had that much fun or worked with so many like-minded people…but at … Continue reading

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Awesome Nerds – Seattle, Washington – [05/14-15/2017]

You know I always thought that I was a weird girl or a strange girl or not even a girl…just because I could play y’know? And now I look around and look at us , there’s a whole lot of … Continue reading

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Peace and Panic – Somewhere over the Caribbean – [05/13/2017]

I had thought that I’d seen some of the most odd contract experiences; but this is the first time I’ve left a ship half way through a contract to go somewhere else and come back. Welcome to the semi-annual workshop … Continue reading

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Bright Light – Willemstad, Curacao – [05/11/2017]

I had no intention of going out today. We’re still in a very warm part of the world (goddess I’m looking forward to Boston) and I’ve been having difficulty dealing with the heat…that said, sometimes it feels like I’m having … Continue reading

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Touching Normal – Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala – [05/04/2017]

Distance hurts. A lot. And sometimes, just sometimes, the brief glimpse of normal that you are gifted in between the distance stings as much as it heals. Amras and I are on separate ships this contract. I haven’t seen him … Continue reading

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