Category Archives: Personal Reflections

Musings, Reflections, Meditations, Insights

Solitude

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Peggy Pilkey

Beside my computer, on my desk, sits a small, framed photograph of a child wearing a blue and white seersucker dress with smocked bodice, embroidered pink flowers shirring the fabric bracketed by puffy sleeves. How is it possible that I … Continue reading →

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Guyana Diaries

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Peggy Pilkey

I have many wonderful memories of the fourteen months my husband Dennis and I lived in Guyana, and a few hair-raising ones, too. There was only one highway along the coast in 1967, and for the most part, it was … Continue reading →

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Ocean Liners, Then and Now

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Peggy Pilkey

Having mentioned a couple of ships in my blog to date (on my Family Memoirs and My Life in Japan pages), I was curious to know how the gross registered tonnage (GRT) of the older ships my family travelled on compared with the GRTs of those I’ve observed … Continue reading →

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Playing with Words

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Peggy Pilkey

The late Madeleine L’Engle made the following wry observation with respect to her writing, and I can’t help but agree with her initial premise, though not always the second: “You have to write the book that wants to be written. … Continue reading →

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