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A Princess by any other name is still a Princess who remains dear to us!

“But I have a suspicion that in the age of AI, real writing, and particularly creative writing made by humans and read by humans, as an act of human connection, is going to become more important, not less.” Anna Founder, Incoming Professor of Practice in Creative Writing, Sydney University “So I saw that there is nothing better for a person to enjoy their work, because that is their lot” Ecclesiastes 3:22 Fresh from a January Caribbean cruise on Princess aboard their latest vessel, Sun Princes of the new Sphere-class cruise ships, we headed back to sea on yet another Princess cruise ship. This time, it was the Enchanted Princess, sister ship to Majestic Princess of the Royal-class cruise ships, a ship we liked very much when, a few years back, we sailed the Pacific from Los Angeles to Sydney. Sailing west to east was a first, having done an east to west crossing on a Windstar sailboat back in 2003. I have sailed on 15 Princess cruises, accumulating 108 days at sea, dating ...