<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pru Warren]]></title><description><![CDATA[Romantic comedy for the discerning procrastinator]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:01:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pruwarren.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Dueling Christmas Parades]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 Panama City, Panama   Sunrise over civilization I’m sitting on the 13 th  floor of the Waldorf Astoria in Panama City. (My room number is 1313, which any product of the 60s knows is the Munster’s address—1313 Mockingbird Lane.) From my window high over the city, I’ve been watching the staging of the Christmas Parade, which is snarling traffic for miles…but I don’t care, since I’m inside, air conditioned, and very happy!   We walked around to look at some of the floats...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/dueling-christmas-parades</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693f2c8038266d8ba629c824</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:51:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_57d258a26cb54cddbad2d299abe190a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today in Expedition Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 The Darien Gap   Second-growth rainforest. Where it is definitely not snowing. Word is, it’s kinda snowing in Northern Virginia. Isn’t that satisfying? If I’m going to fly for five hours south to the very top of South America, then I don’t want idyllic weather behind me. I want raging storms and snarling traffic and all the things one would WANT to leave behind.   Here in the Darien, the day has been overcast and quite pleasantly cool. Without the sun in full evidence,...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/today-in-expedition-land</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693df2243557d3f0b4712493</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_70ff7e8c72bf4bdeb3443d39d8f6bc3d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Village I Didn't Go To]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 Darien Gap   Looks like Alaska or something, right? It's Panama. The air was cool and rainy. A LOVELY day to stay on the ship; a lovely view to admire from a distance! A great deal happened today. I took part in NONE of it. And I remain absolutely thrilled about that!   We arrived along the shoreline of the Darien Gap by sunrise. You ask—and why wouldn’t you?—what is the Darien Gap? WELL. I’ll tell you! You thought you could drive from far northern Alaska to the tip of...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/the-village-i-didn-t-go-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693cc82138266d8ba6250daf</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:10:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_8afdc08bb5834b52bac42910d23e02a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Island We Didn't Get To]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 Southern end of the Pearl Islands A fully deserted island. Except some wild dogs. And possibly a monster. And very likely a witch.   I have hit “the wall”—I’m tired and emotionally worn out. Part of it is the perpetual “no thank you” I’m offering in the face of (a) sugar, (b) salt, (c) beef, and (d) pork—which is about 80% of what’s available on a cruise line. Part of it is the otosclerosis of my middle ear which means I have to say “huh?” all the time and also be...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/the-island-we-didn-t-get-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693b6fcdd9082182116fb7ac</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:44:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_04e6093d831c48e38f343a17d0378674~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nights in Hell, Days in Paradise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wednesday, Dec. 10 2025 The Pearl Islands Who knows what evils lurk behind the "crew only" signs?! Mah-hah-hah-hah!   It’s a snappy blog title, right? In fact, none of this has been hell—but the photo I took of the Quest doing the Pacific side locks at night has such a hellish appeal that I was unable to resist.   The channel into the locks is illuminated with excellent lights; there’s a tall green light rod that the pilot aims the bow at until he gets some magic signal and switches to the...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/nights-in-hell-days-in-paradise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693a279252e0714bcdd4a6ba</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 02:29:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_6f79b3c3675c4bb69568d235b381f275~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Land Where Screen Savers Come From]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Gatun Lake   Ferny palms (or palmy ferns) in the rain This morning I saw a crocodile heading for the ship. It was highly sneaky. Just drifting closer and closer. Everyone else thought it was a log, but I was not fooled. Not even when it came close enough to be eyed…   Definitely menacing Well. Maybe it was a log. Twig suggested that it might be a rare and endangered Panamanian plank, which was at least a kind effort on her part.   Today I have not seen any...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/welcome-to-the-land-where-screen-savers-come-from</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69389665604b7e5bc38bc34b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:54:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_7defc8ad9a424d44aa6d60df22b11e8e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sisters on the High Seas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monday, Dec. 8, 2025 Gatun Lake, the Nat Geo Quest   Twig's rule: Everyone looks better with sunglasses on. Our father was an aeronautical engineer by training. I was raised to value the nerdness of the engineering world…and yet it’s just possible that I’ve not given engineering all the credit it is due…   …this realization brought to you by the fact that this entire ship was just lifted 85 feet into the air and deposited in a huge inland sea of a manmade lake. I’ve just been through half of...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/sisters-on-the-high-seas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6937727408b2ad15d701cf01</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:06:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_36a2e41745594083a639729820cf68a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full Moon in the Tropics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 Aboard the Orion, en route to Portobelo   Lexie took this photo of the full moon behind clouds. It annoys her that it looks so much like daylight, but I think this photo is excellent. All mine were too blurry since the camera said "stay still for two seconds," which only works if you aren't on a ship bounding over the waves... The “expedition” we’re on is the only Lindblad cruise that takes place entirely in Panama, so I’m not going to say that we’re going to Portobelo,...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/full-moon-in-the-tropics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693637af57f9a8b23522fe9d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:34:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_7e0c5e3df2a049ecabb32bb81e9bbd7a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tropical Morning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday, Dec. 7 2025 Panama City From the overpass over Balboa Avenue to get to the excellent harbor walking trail. This place is BEAUTIFULLY tended! I have always suffered from the “I don’t sleep well the first night” in a new place—but the curse has been broken! I hit that hotel bed last night and stumbled down, down, down in to the deepest sleep. This was my world record of sleep since I got this iWatch (which rates my sleep like the Russian judge). Oh em gee, I woke up like a Disney movie....]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/tropical-morning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6935997ea3040818e6144021</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:22:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_9fd4d24656394f4b94aad8f27c023fe0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Three Weird Sisters Go to Panama]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saturday, December 6, 2025 I write from the Copa airline flying me to Panama. My sister Twig is by my side. Across the aisle is my sister Lexie and her husband Scott. These are three of my favorite people in the world… …and now we have an immediate digression. Thirty-eight words in and already I’m distracted. That’s what happens when the Uber is coming at 5:15 in the morning so of course I woke up at 1:15 in the morning and lay there thinking about how horrible it was to be awake that early...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/the-three-weird-sisters-go-to-panama</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69349f1704019cd6c2ccf754</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_e44fd56b29d94951a10efd7182b58988~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_792,h_612,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Said It Best]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nov. 1, 2024 (Friday!)   “It’s very nice to go travlin’, with just a toothbrush and comb. It’s very nice go go travlin', but it’s oh so...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/frank-said-it-best</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67254f504001d15f88516f80</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 22:20:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_b855d0fac44b42f68b2e8d41a31bd831~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better than Emirates First Class. Seriously.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 27 (Sunday)   Honestly, I thought I was a world-class money-spender. A classic spendthrift. But I am NOTHING compared to my sister....]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/better-than-emirates-first-class-seriously</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671db39a6cf7bc1f5df2d65b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:45:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_751bf99151024ea8814a825ce6c003ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rigid Flexibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 26, 2024 (Saturday)   This is the town of Murcheson, New Zealand—a real going concern. Population 513 since Twig, Harry, and I...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/rigid-flexibility</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671c60596cf7bc1f5dee1b0c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:56:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_d9de35d484c24fd995428b74001b1e3b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining Beauty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 25 (Friday)   I’ve discovered a commonality in what I think is stunningly beautiful: I really like steep mountains sloping down into...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/defining-beauty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671aff45c009b2c545e9de50</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_c30ba9185f904c4a90fdb0fa33bedc81~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Like It Here!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 24 (Thursday)   The plan to separate 52 travelers from the NG Orion was only entertainingly complex if you’d had enough sleep the...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/i-like-it-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6719bfed815dad9822afc170</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 03:50:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_87d1b6e2307345f48d0591631feec972~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound Asleep in Paradise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 23 (Wednesday)   I am WAY too tired to blog tonight, so let me sum up by saying: I must move to the South Island of New Zealand...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/sound-asleep-in-paradise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6718b7e250b525ded889b187</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:48:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_427356932b8541d380dd27abccc3749e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pre-Dawn Musings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct 23 (Wednesday)—middle of the night   Perhaps you were aware that all those Lord of the Rings movies were filmed in New Zealand. That...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/pre-dawn-musings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6717c0ccf430ed1c6fc596c9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:18:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_5572a4c18a0449ffa02b13b1b71e33bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kia Ora! (New Zealand's 'Howdy, pard!')]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 22 (Tuesday)   Ain’t it always the way? Here’s the blurb from an exhibit in the Maori Museum at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds:   “When...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/kia-ora-new-zealand-s-howdy-pard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67172989bc2dc6c297c1e920</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:33:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_0507711b6b5c4d668b0188731fa26be0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want to Hear the Song?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 21 (Monday)   A day at sea. This means…naps!   And lounging in the sun, reading and alternately watching for whales, which did not...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/want-to-hear-the-song</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6715dc7006882a2a1330000a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 04:50:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_098cc7b3a4b04349a730aed1d073d349~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of Nothing--Something!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oct. 20, 2024 (Sunday)   Go ahead—try to find Norfolk Island on a map. I'll wait. Good luck. I’ve spent most of the day on a rock in the...]]></description><link>https://www.pruwarren.com/post/out-of-nothing-something</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67149b9006882a2a132bdd09</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 06:07:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c66221_c8dd5e6f0b9f424c94587176d1415477~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pru Warren</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>