The thing about a long cruise is that it is a lot of restaurant eating, in this case three meals a day for 24 days since we aren’t making the kind of stops that allow you to lunch with the local residents (And I’ve seen what penguins eat. Yuck.) Seabourn food is great — on…

Lying in bed. Can’t sleep at 12:45 am. I think I over-napped this afternoon. But the ship is very gently rocking and the glass doors are open, letting in the sounds of the sea and the fresh, clean air. Sometimes insomnia is a call to relax and enjoy.  Food today was just meh. Pastry for…

I’ll tell you, I am ready for three weeks of being spoiled. This fall has been a heavy lift, and I have two Bloom pieces to write and four KTR chapters to revise on board, but I am going to be indulged while I do it, and see sights the like of which I have…

Santiago was splendid. Warm. Vibrant. Full of color and youth. Walked around a lot.  Travel plays mind games on me. Wonder at the never-before-seen wars with the desire for order and familiarity. It makes my brain crazy, synapses desperately firing to make sense of the new by locating it in the old. “This is like…”…