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Creative is where I use figurative language, lifting me from the fetters of my former life as a technical writer where I was bound by strict writing conventions and the authoritative voice.

The cover page of SV Aphrodite's Family Dictionary
5 hours ago July 4, 2026July 4, 2026Lorraine Escher

Word of the Hour

All At Sea Caribbean magazine cover, December 2017.
December 20, 2017December 20, 2017Lorraine Escher

Two articles Published in All at Sea Magazine, December 2017

Leaving Luperon, A Story of Red Tape on top of the flag of the Dominican Republic and a three stripes, one star naval insignia to signify the bureaucracy and challenges we had leaving Luperon
December 2, 2016December 2, 2016Lorraine Escher

Leaving Luperón: A Story of Red Tape

Lorraine with Dixie Parrot on a 1,000 Mile Bicycle Ride, pictured in Washington State.
July 12, 2016July 12, 2016Lorraine Escher

From the Vault: Cycling 1,000 miles Along the US Pacific Coast — with a Parrot

August 6, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Salvador Dali, my URL and the .cat domain

May 16, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Short fiction nostalgia: Chicken Dinner Delight

March 3, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Dead poets reveal sailing experience

Word of the Hour

Cruise Ship Passenger New word in …

Cruise Ship Passenger

An insult. Someone who is expecting to be served; someone who is not pulling their own weight. This term replaces “human succubus”, which I recently learned means a demon who assumes the female form …

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