Emily Ellet

The divorce isn’t going well.  I have a long way to go in the grieving growing process, but I’m attempting to focus on the good.  In that vein, I’d like to share the three best ways in which I have processed, handled, and worked through my grief so far.  (Aside from prayer, which is my constant resource and comfort.) Cats – Within an hour of picking me up from the airport, my dad offered me some of the best advice he’s ever given me: “Be a cat,” he repeated a few times. And I

I’ve never understood why I like hiking so much.  (Hiking is a good term to encompass the sort of run/walk/powerwalk thing I do.)  Certainly, it developed living in Colorado, especially in high school, when I’d occasionally drive to the canyon and hike to escape my problems and cry silently into the wind while dreaming myself up into the mountains behind me.  So there’s always been a freedom, sort of a Maria-singing-in-the-hills feeling for me, though I confess I rarely ever

Today can best be summed up with the phrase “adorable railroad town with scrumptious lavender shortbread.”  Or in other words, Skagway. But hold up!  I’ve got several days of exploring Alaska to share, and Skagway comes last.  First, there was Ketchikan. As I promised you guys, I indeed went hiking in Ketchikan this week, having thoroughly explored the town last week.  It was so nice to get off the ship and throw myself into the gorgeous forests of Alaska.  Trees, dirt, fresh

I have now officially set foot in Alaska!  For while we’re still rehearsing this week (to get our third and last main production show up and running tomorrow night), we’ve had time off to go into port in three Alaskan towns: Ketchikan, Juneau, and today Skagway. This being my first time in port, I didn’t try to do anything particularly exciting.  Just walking around and getting a feel for the town seemed like my best bet, so that’s what I did, along with my fellow singer, Can