Random thoughts from the sea
Day 67, Staying at Home Friday, May 29, 2020; Fort Smith, Arkansas Why is it that a quarter-note rest in music looks like a bird flying away – not a pause? I’ve been trying to write for the past month, and even wrote a blog post 25 days ago in
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Day 35, Staying at Home Monday, April 27, 2020; Dallas, Texas We were warned we would come home to a different world. They were right. Last Thursday marked a month since our return from the “Grand Half-World Voyage 2020” as I took to describing our interrupted cruise. We left after
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Day 1, Post Grand Half-World Voyage 2020 Tuesday, March 24, 2020; Home, Dallas, Texas I know I am really home because the laundry isn’t doing itself. There are no small navy bags to stuff, knowing that in less than 24 hours my clothes will come back clean, pressed and hanging.
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Day -68, Grand Asia 2018 Tuesday, July 24, 2018 — Chicago: Perhaps I have lost my mind, but I’ve just signed up for Holland America’s 2018 Grand Asia cruise that leaves this fall. As readers may remember, I sailed on this cruise last year and blogged daily. The cruise has
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April 24, 2018 Dallas: Even though this was my sixth and final Amtrak leg of this trip, I “achieved” several firsts on it. The train’s arrival was the first time I experienced a significant delay. It also was the first time I had a scheduled layover of several hours between
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