Random thoughts from the sea
Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Barcelona, Spain; May 6, 2013 FEB. 5, 2021, DALLAS — Eight years ago our Barcelona port call held significance for two reasons. It was the midway point of the 30-day cruise from Galveston to Dubai, and it was the last of the familiar ports
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Alicante, Spain; May 5, 2013 FEB. 1, 2021, DALLAS — Somehow my innate sense of direction failed me in Alicante. I could see the Santa Bárbara castle above me, but where was that darned elevator that would spare me the long climb to the
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Gibraltar; May 4, 2013 JAN. 28, 2021, DALLAS — Many years ago at my mother’s urging, I read Paul Gallico’s novel “Scruffy.” Goodreads describes it as “the hilarious fictional account of the infamous apes of Gibraltar during World War II.” Legend has it that
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Madeira, Portugal; May 2, 2013 JAN. 22, 2021, DALLAS — My lasting impression of Madeira is of an overabundance of flowers. Who knew they are growing everywhere on this remote island. If that’s not enough, vendors sell cut flowers on every street corner. The
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Galveston to Dubai, 2013 JAN. 19, 2021, DALLAS — Just a year ago my sister Elaine and I set off on our world cruise. As we rounded South America, visited Antarctica and headed west from Chile to Easter Island and eventually New Zealand and Australia, we tracked our journey on
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Day 300, Pandemic Sunday, Jan. 16, 2021; Dallas Three hundred days ago today we arrived at home after abandoning our 2020 World Cruise. We had no idea at the time that we would not be back for the 2021 World Cruise. Now I’m wondering about the 2022 World Cruise. But
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Day 259, Staying at Home Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020; Fort Smith, Arkansas The longer I stay home, the more I think about travel. I’m not really a “deep thoughts” kind of person. So I don’t spend a lot of time wondering when or where I acquired this passion for travel.
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Day 222, Staying at Home Friday, Oct. 30, 2020; Fort Smith, Arkansas After weeks of anxiety and angst on my part, my suitcase and I reunited after 218 days apart. I left it aboard the ms Amsterdam on March 22 in Fremantle, Australia, to return to Dallas via Sydney, just
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Day 186, Staying at Home Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020; Santa Fe, New Mexico If places have theme songs, then mine for Santa Fe could be that Girl Scout favorite: “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.” I came here knowing one person. I’ll
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Day 174, Staying at Home Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020; Santa Fe, New Mexico This week it wasn’t smoke but snow that drove me inside for my morning coffee routine. I awoke Tuesday to discover a light snowfall clinging to the shrubs, sage bushes and trees in the arroyo. I ventured
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