http://ellesjourney.com Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:12:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back in Seattle! Yep. I’ve been back a couple of months from the ship life and I’m definitely settling in nicely to being back on land. It’s amazing how quickly you learn to appreciate the things that you truly value the moment they are taken away. When I was on ... http://ellesjourney.com/?p=25 Well Well Well. In looking at the blog today I realize I’ve missed a couple big factual chunks of my story over the past months and I’m sure many bemusing stories. I’ll have to share the bemusing stories in person, since some of them might be too ‘saucy’ ... http://ellesjourney.com/?p=24 http://ellesjourney.com/?p=22 San Diego Waterfront Catalina Island Beaches Old Town Puerto Rico The Cloisters Museum, Upper Manhattan Island, New York City http://ellesjourney.com/?p=20 I am back in Seattle since the Summer Solstice and my birthday in mid-June. The weather here in Seattle has been absolutely FABULOUS since I’ve returned. Some good magic must have followed me. My first impulse after getting home off of the ship was to sleep a very, very ... http://ellesjourney.com/?p=19 Dear Friends and Family: I just received a generic letter from a friend regarding a movie release this weekend. The movie is The Peaceful Warrior. I read this book 10 or so years ago. At that time it really shook me up and openned my eyes to how ... http://ellesjourney.com/?p=18 from Gardener Girl To Broadcast Personality OK OK the pics are for dramatic effect. But I have to say, it is so fun to able to change roles and take my talents in one world (dirt) and put it to use in another (diamonds). (Giggle) http://ellesjourney.com/?p=17 It’s been so long since I’ve written. And while the silence has been complete for my writing on-line, the activity and learning I’ve been living in my day-to-day life has been huge. (A quick note, you may not have received notice of my last two postings on Vermont and New ... http://ellesjourney.com/?p=15 Hello All! It was a wonderfully restful and quiet time in Vermont at the red house with the Long’s in Pomfret. So hilly and remote it was. Not even cell phones work in this region! (trully a stunning thought for an urban Seattle-ite!) I ... http://ellesjourney.com/?p=14 I was off to taste a bit of the Big City (New York) the night before New Year’s Eve. Though Times Square was tempting, I decided warm company, music, and a drink sounded far preferable to freezing cold, rainy weather, security checkpoints and 75,000 people crushed into 2 ... http://ellesjourney.com/?p=13