Random thoughts from the sea
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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Day 169, Staying at Home Monday, Sept. 7, 2020; Santa Fe, New Mexico When I pictured myself in Santa Fe, I envisioned following in the footsteps of Georgia O’Keeffe. I would hike into the southwest desert landscape, set up my easel, sit on my stool and spend my days painting.
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Day 160, Staying at Home Saturday, August 29, 2020; Santa Fe, New Mexico After almost two months of leisurely mornings on the patio, watching the sunrise creep across the arroyo, I’ve retreated indoors. When I open the slider door, a whiff of smoky air greets me. If I stay long,
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Day 145, Staying at Home Friday, August 14, 2020; Santa Fe, New Mexico “Can you believe we get to live here?” My next-door neighbor was driving us to meet her friend for wine and tapas and stopped to exclaim as she crested a hill near our condos in Santa Fe.
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