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| rainy day and sailboats |
it’s pouring rain and 72 degrees out all day today… i am on in port manning, so i will be staying on board, and i think i will take some time to hibernate today since most of my recent attempts were thwarted by one thing or another… i was in cairns before with a lovely couple, rob and linda, from victoria. they rented a car and we went to the kuranda rain forest and the beach and around a mountain… a lovely day and clear as a bell, so i do have some nice adventures in cairns to remember, so i don’t mind staying behind today and laying low…
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| "messing... simply messing about in boats" - wind in the willows |
taking it easy - awesome choice! a peaceful rainy day, a little blogging, a few snapshots, a light lunch, a movie, no lyric prepping, no looking up of songs i don’t know, no songwriting, chatted with my pop and my son and my sweetheart on the phone, and then a walk and a nap… i feel re-charged and ready to work… though we are staying in port til almost 2 in the morning, and i didn’t anticipate having much business tonight, the persistent rain has kept many in for the evening, and my 7-8 and 9-10:30 are busy as usual… i (and many others) thought we were in cairns for two days as the schedule shows cairns on both dates, yet i hadn’t looked closely at the times and thought day two of cairns was a full day, not just the few hours beyond midnight… therefore, no port song today, but i will make it up tomorrow…
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| small boat harbor |
my theme tonight was the music of ella fitzgerald and louis armstrong (‘someone to watch over me,’ ‘a kiss to build a dream on,’ etc. ). i covered many of their solo pieces as well as some that they recorded together, and it was, so far, one of my favorite playlists i’ve done here…
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| sailboats anchored as far as you can see... it's like tahiti |
even with my sign up again, (exasperated sigh) i got touched tonight (hand grabbing shoulder from behind, jumped out of my skin), stood up, told the person she really startled me, and told her firmly but politely not to do that again, and went to the cruise director. i told him something needs to change. he is going to have them rotate the bandstand for me so that my peripheral vision can encompass all entrances, including bar entrance, he’s making a more official and laminated sign and gave me permission for a rearview mirror and said absolutely to stop the show and leave the stage if it happens again.… i think the rotation is a great idea and it will give me way more peace of mind, and i’ll still have visual connection with the room and the hall, just a different angle, and at least i can see people coming through that door... cross your fingers this works, everyone! hope you are all well…xo, di
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