Thanks again for your wonderful column. I hope
you and your mom get to swap lies for a long while yet.
Good column…by Susan…but she must have a very heavy head…she’s supporting it in 3 out of 4 photos…HA! (We photographers notice a thing like this).
From Richard Watherwax
When I was the director of the audio-visual Dep’t at Harrcourt Brace from 1972 to1974 …I photographed many of their authors. And as soon as they sat in front of the posing table, they’d lean their heads on their hands. Seems like it’s the thing to do…
CROSSING THE POND
by Susan Pierres
There is nothing quite like a transatlantic voyage to still your soul. No early morning wake-up, no daily ports of call; no self-induced pressure to sign up for every shore excursion in the book. Far from the chaos of the city – its traffic, smog, congestion, pollution – just you and your mate (or mother, daughter, sister, grandchild), the open ocean, the fresh clean air, a chance to read those books, remember things past, reshuffle life’s priorities.
From Pat Connery Koko
We thoroughly enjoyed your story about the double-crossing. While we
only did the one way that year, our Westbound crossing brought us
into New York in June, 2001 (just a couple of months before you did
that). We took the crossing that introduced the QM 2 to the world
with the ship architects, shipbuilders, execs of Cunard, etc. and
lots of transatlantic crossers who especially love to cross in the
worst of winter during the storms. … Thanks for a great blast from the past and potential future. Great idea with TSA and luggage restrictions to
sail both ways!
From Richard Earl
“Thanks for the Memories” …. Oh, not about crossing the Atlantic but the Pacific – Twice…. Left Vancouver aboard P&O Arcadia > Los Angeles > Oahu > Suva > Auckland > Sydney…. With the exception of a few foggy days from Vancouver > LA, and some around the S. China Sea, every day was a deck day – swimsuit only was the dress code from morning to night – and back in those days we didn’t have knowledge of skin cancer to worry about so we lathered ourselves in coconut oils and baked under the tropic sun until we looked like gorgeous chunks of mobile mahogany, and that was us “white” folk. I also vividly remember standing at the front of the ship – Titanic-like – in the middle of the night – pure blackness except for the phosphorescence of the bow wave and the stunning display of starlight – with the tropical wind blowing on me in a sensuous fashion that has never been equalled on land. As I said – thanks for the trip down memory lane. Now, back to the snowblower.
From Lil Williams
I want to go! I want to go! WOW. What an excellent writer you are. I really, really felt I was with you and your Mom. For my ‘big birthday’ (70), my husband and children surprised me with a cruise vacation! I always wanted to take a cruise. “He said he is now ready”…. Now with your article I want to go across ‘the big puddle’, by ship. Maybe my next ‘big birthday’ … Don’t put off tomorrow what you can do today. Right?
From Sherrie
I had to reply immediately as I chuckled on reading a desire for a “passive shall I say” crossing the exact opposite of my life at [my] age…. The last place I want to be, at this stage of my life, is on a ship, in the middle of a vast ocean, with no way to get off. My friends are all cruisers, but for me, just give me solid ground and a means of escape-probably related to a life of motion sickness, vertigo etc.
From Ree Woodworth
Fantastic column in Suddenly Senior it reinforced my interest in crossing the ocean and even returning the same way. I retired from EA but with children and my mother to take care of all of my infrequent travel was domestic. I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and have requested various brochures from Cunard, Lindblad etc but I am not having much luck finding a way to travel without a companion. Do you have any information or suggestions on this subject? Thanks in advance.
FINDING LOVE ONLINE: THOUGHTS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
by Doug Noble
Another Valentines Day is here, and single seniors are not sitting around. Internet dating has become a very popular way to find the perfect mate. While it might not be for everyone, letting your fingers do the walking has proven successful for many. This week, Suddenly Senior’s Editor Doug Noble describes his personal experiences and offers some advice.
From Kathryn G.
I met someone online, but not through a single site.
I’ve joined Plenty of Fish, Eharmony, Match.com, a senior singles site, and even a more local dating site, which makes me think my Alaskan neighbors are really in need of physical activity because they are bored, so sex seems like the answer. I won’t continue about this. I met a man in AARP and it was not a relationship group. I had no idea AARP even had groups to participate in. I just wanted to renew my membership card, saw all the options and Now I feel at home. For the most part, it’s a safe site, and I’m among my own generation….ahhhhhh!! Before I met Art, I did try to get back into a single site. As soon as I saw all the profile questions that have to be filled out…something in my head told me to leave, and I have no urge to return to any single site. No more games. He lives in N.H, and I’m in Ketchikan, Alaska, so you can imagine the logistics we are going through. We are taking our time, and we are practical. We’ll see what happens. If it’s meant to happen, it will. Enough from me.
