Random thoughts from the sea
Day 1, South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand Cruise Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022; Seattle, Washington, USA As an act of faith, I set off Friday for Seattle to board the MS Westerdam. After more than two years on land, the disappointment of eight canceled back-to-back cruises this summer and the
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My month-long holding pattern is about to end. On Friday I’ll leave for my first cruise since the pandemic abruptly interrupted my 2020 world cruise. I feel at a loss during time between trips — like I’m not living in the present, but just planning and preparing. Right now, I’m
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I guess you could say I’ve been on a road cruise since leaving Santa Fe a couple of week ago. I’ll eventually get to my sister’s house in Fort Smith, Ark., but there is no rush. I drove for two days to Brownsville, at the most southern spot in Texas.
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And just like that … my summer in Santa Fe is coming to an end. I will miss the beautiful sunsets, the buzz of the hummingbirds and the good times with friends I have met over the past few summers. One of my best friends since high school came to
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I thought I would be blogging from the deck of a cruise ship this month, after 810 days stuck on land. My plan was to fly with my two sisters to Amsterdam today and board Holland America’s ms Volendam, sailing as far north as Svalbard and as far south as
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Sept. 25, 2021, SANTA FE, NM — How can time fly and stand still at the same time? It seems my summer in Santa Fe just started, but in actuality I’ve been here almost four months and will return to Dallas in a week. It’s obvious to blog readers that
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Aug. 20, 2021, SANTA FE, NM — The distinctive buzz interrupted my reading. I sat still as the little black hummingbird approached a plant in the desert garden just outside the patio railing. He — or she? — hovered, but didn’t find a bloom. The hummer moved toward the small
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JULY 9, 2021, SANTA FE, NM — It’s been 473 days since I was last on a cruise ship. It will be another 338 days until I cruise again. That is, if all goes as planned. I’m using a pencil, not a pen. Social media is awash in rumors and
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Dubai, United Arab Emirates; May 21, 2013 APRIL 8, 2021, DALLAS – My strongest take-away from Dubai is that there must be lots more people than I thought with money who have the interest and financial resources to live in modern skyscrapers. As I
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 At Sea; May 15-20, 2013 MARCH 25, 2021, DALLAS – As we left Aqaba, Jordan, in 2013, my cruise was nearing its end. I would get off in our next port, Dubai. It is on the Persian Gulf on the other side of the
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