{"id":2423,"date":"2020-05-21T21:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T04:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2020-05-21T15:47:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T22:47:32","slug":"red-sails-mfrwauthor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/red-sails-mfrwauthor\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sails #MFRWauthor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2427\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/red-sails-mfrwauthor\/depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_sailing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_Sailing.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_Sailing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_Sailing.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2427 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_Sailing.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sunset sailing\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_Sailing.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_Sailing.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_3672677_s-2019_Sailing.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/>Remember that song, Red Sails in the Sunset? Probably not unless you\u2019re as old as dirt, like me. I always liked it, though. So romantic, watching a sailing ship in the sunset as it sets out on the ocean. The sails are billowing and catching the last rays of the sun. There is adventure there. There is a dream. There is the wide sea and endless stars during the night. But there is <em><strong>NOT<\/strong><\/em> me.<\/p>\n<p>I happen to believe in reincarnation. Somewhere in one of my past lives I must have drowned because I have a powerful fear of water. Many people see a cruise as a chance to get away, different shows every night, buffets any time you want to eat, sweet salt breezes, all kinds of games and people to meet. I see rogue waves, deep ocean, and living on a ship with the population of a small town and no place to go if I want to get off.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, after folks were trapped aboard ship and unable to disembark <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2428\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/red-sails-mfrwauthor\/depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_cruiseship\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_CruiseSHip.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 450D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1305914447&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;53&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_CruiseSHip\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_CruiseSHip.jpg?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_CruiseSHip.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cruise ship\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_CruiseSHip.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_CruiseSHip.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Depositphotos_7741433_s-2019_CruiseSHip.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/>thanks to corona virus, no one can cruise right now. But even in the happiest of times, no way would you get me on a cruise ship. I\u2019m happy for those who <em>do<\/em> enjoy the voyage. More power to you! I understand lots of people have already signed up for when ships set sail again. For me, I\u2019ll happily wave goodbye from the shore!<\/p>\n<p>How about you? Are you a happy sailor or a landlubber, like me?<\/p>\n<p>Read the next blog in the blog hop by going <a href=\"http:\/\/mfrw52week.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nomadauthors.com\/deesknight\/\">Dee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mybook.to\/BurningBridges\">Burning Bridges<\/a> by Anne Krist: old letters put the lie to Sara\u2019s life. Now, mending her past mistakes while crossing burning bridges will be the hardest thing she\u2019s ever done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybook.to\/OneWomanOnly\">One Woman Only<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7ovi4\">Only a Good Man Will Do<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7Jp0S\">Naval Maneuvers\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember that song, Red Sails in the Sunset? Probably not unless you\u2019re as old as dirt, like me. I always liked it, though. So romantic, watching a sailing ship in the sunset as it sets out on the ocean. The sails are billowing and catching the last rays of the sun. There is adventure there. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/red-sails-mfrwauthor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Red Sails #MFRWauthor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1070,5,1246,1],"tags":[1339,1340,8,1097],"class_list":["post-2423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-52-week-challenge","category-author-information","category-mfrw","category-uncategorized","tag-cruise","tag-cruising","tag-dee-s-knight","tag-sailing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-D5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions\/2429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}