Monthly Archives: April 2022

and back to Ketchikan

I felt like it was another one of those announcements that is phrased as helpful but totally trashes your plans. Like the Pennsylvania Turnpikes “improvements for your safety and connivence” follow by the “no guard rails” sign. In this case … Continue reading

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Rivers of Ice

(Wiki information here) We sailed all the way to the Marjorie Glacier which is 21 miles long and comes into the fjord at right angles to the Grand Pacific Glacier which clocks in at 35 miles long. As rivers go, … Continue reading

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Icy Point Straight

The last time I was here was well before the pandemic. The ship docked in front of the old Cannery which had been turned into a small, pleasant and walk-through in 10 minutes museum. Today it appeared significantly different. The … Continue reading

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Capitals

It isn’t just the tree line is low, there was still snow clearly visible on the mountain peaks. This is typical of  what I saw most off the port side for most of this morning’s cruise to Juneau.   Capitals … Continue reading

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Crawling up the coast

We sailed out of Seattle early last evening to lightly clouded skies and smooth seas. This time the Olympic National Park was on the Port Side and Vancouver Island on the Starboard.  But mostly it was a lovely sunset   … Continue reading

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Sailing into Seattle

It was earlier than I planned on rising, but the change in both ship movement and sound was obvious. From late in the evening to early this morning we made the slow, comfortable sail  up the inlet between Vancouver Island … Continue reading

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A library!

I had thought they were all just about gone, except for Holland America which recognizes that people need books, But the NCL Jewel came out of dry dock this past year and the library remains. Located on Deck 12, there … Continue reading

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Past times on NCL

Since there is no way I am paying the hefty bill that NCL wants for internet – even the low bandwidth kind I decided instead to see how long I have been cruising with them 2011 – NCL Spirit in … Continue reading

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Sailing away

My ship this time is the NCL Jewel. I went and looked it up and it seems like the last time I sailed on her was in the Med back when Miriam was about 16 (so about 13 years ago). … Continue reading

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Errand Day

and packing – which I really didn’t even think about till after supper. First – there was an afternoon game. I remembered to trade in my ticket prior to the deadline for an extra ticket to one of the Mets … Continue reading

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and so not

squeaking by, that is. Baltimore managed to get a run early on in the afternoon game rescheduled from the evening. The As, in spite of multiple opportunities didn’t manage even one measly run. They had more hits. In fact, in … Continue reading

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Squeaking by

I am failing to add pictures today for several reasons – the main one being that photos taken with a  phone from Right Field don’t really show anything. That is, if there was anything to show. You guessed it –  … Continue reading

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They won

Ok. I should be jumping up and down to celebrate. The As won their Opening Night game. Yes, they won. The pitching was alright. The hitting was barely enough; at least they made no fielding errors. And that is where … Continue reading

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Some progress

There are days when I work on a number of projects – ranging from stitching to cleaning to reading or machine embroidery. And sometimes within a category the item/s are one or many. Today was a bit more sensible. From … Continue reading

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Overly ambitious

Remember I said that I had two cross-stitches I was planning on finishing today? Well, I really hadn’t looked at how many stitches were left on either one. The First – Galaxy Girl (Barbara Ana) still was only at 82% … Continue reading

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Spidey Senses

I met one of my baseball friends (from RF 149 and a member of the drummers) for coffee and pastries. We have mostly been communicating by text over the last couple of years. She works for KQED and feels fortunate … Continue reading

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Actually on time!

In fact, early. So the only thing late at all about Thursday’s trip to UCSF is my delay in hitting the send button. With our usual disorganization, there were five of us going in different directions, all at about the … Continue reading

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Turning the corner

I am sure you don’t remember, and the date/time of start isn’t really all that important. But I have been working steadily (more or less) on this particular project since I started it last fall while sailing along on the … Continue reading

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Mostly Mira

Or actually under the name of Nora Corbett. But anyway – it was an unusual stitching day for me. I really only worked on one project which resulted in visible progress. Not unexpected for 1400+ stitches. If I had had … Continue reading

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Ear, Ear

‘ere it is! First things first!  Meet the JackRabbit. Pattern from Cottage Garden Samplings stitched with the called for threads – except for the flower, I substituted Forbidden Fiber Cos Galaxy on 16 ct Earthen by Picture this Plus.   … Continue reading

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