cherylmurfin
Balancing acts & larches
“The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much...
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A VOICE ON THE ROAD
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cherylmurfin
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
Noth'n to prove here
So we cheated. But is good, necessary, perspective changing self-care ever really cheating? I had warned Mary that one of, if not THE,...
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cherylmurfin
- Jun 7, 2022
- 4 min
Two hikers walk into a hotel bar . . .
On a rainy fall day in the Scottish Highlands, the hills literally cry. It can seem, at points along the road, that waterfalls are...
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cherylmurfin
- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
How to frolick
Click below. Sometimes there just aren't words to express the joy of a certain moment. More from lambing season:
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cherylmurfin
- Jun 1, 2022
- 6 min
A Friendship Waltz & Trail Poopers
Love is witnessing a friend in all her glorious quirks and (mostly) not flinching. I’ve been dancing the waltz of friendship with Mary...
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cherylmurfin
- May 28, 2022
- 5 min
Winged Reminders
I forget sometimes that nature is the most faithful purveyor of kindness, ease and happy accidents. Take for example the happy accident...
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cherylmurfin
- May 25, 2022
- 4 min
Half-pint emergency plan
We could not have asked for a more spectacular start to our walk toward Loch Lomond. Today we hiked 12 miles north and slightly west from...
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cherylmurfin
- May 22, 2022
- 4 min
Kindness, Ease, Happy Accidents
Glasgow As I was saying . . . the last time I pulled on my traveling clothes was in 2019 B.C. (Before COVID) or, in the new historical...
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cherylmurfin
- May 20, 2022
- 3 min
Starting where I left off
What a strange and wondrous thing it is to hit the road. For me, this has always been true. I’ve traveled to and walked across(or through...
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cherylmurfin
- Jun 15, 2021
- 6 min
All I Really Need to Know I Learned on COVID Road
With the world reopening here in Seattle where 70% of eligible people are vaccinated, we bid goodbye to posts along the Pandemic Highway.
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cherylmurfin
- Jun 3, 2021
- 6 min
What We Bring From “There”
Today’s writing expedition comes on the heels of attending several births over the span of a week. There’s a buzz that accompanies this...
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cherylmurfin
- May 18, 2021
- 4 min
Petal by Petal a City, a Zoo and This Young Man Open My Heart
Watching the world directly around me open up in this pre-post-pandemic moment is like watching one of those films of a flower blooming...
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cherylmurfin
- May 11, 2021
- 5 min
So, THAT's What it's About
If you’ve been following this little blog, you know that I walk a lot. If this is your first time visiting, you will soon find out that I...
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cherylmurfin
- May 4, 2021
- 4 min
The Brightest Bloom
Spring is fully upon us here in the Emerald City with cherry blossom petals turning the sidewalks pink, invasive Siberian Scilla taking...
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cherylmurfin
- Apr 26, 2021
- 5 min
Retrospective
This week I took a walk that I’ve been yearning to take for more than a year. I walked through the galleries of the Cascadia Art Museum,...
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cherylmurfin
- Apr 19, 2021
- 5 min
Hard Lesson: Learning to Stay
I can’t believe I am saying this, but now that I’ve been back in Seattle for more than a year, I think I miss Southern California. I know...
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cherylmurfin
- Apr 12, 2021
- 5 min
Chance Encounters
In a recent meeting of my Sunday writing group, this prompt was offered: Chance encounters. At first, I groaned. Have I had any truly...
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cherylmurfin
- Apr 6, 2021
- 6 min
A Walk Down the Sweetest Road
Some of the sweetest walks are the ones you take down memory lane, that multisensory road that winds through the joys and sorrows that...
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cherylmurfin
- Apr 2, 2021
- 5 min
The Overstory. Or, Why I'm Suddenly Talking to Trees
If you’ve been following my posts, you might think I am a little obsessed with rain forests. I guess I am. It seems being cooped up this...
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cherylmurfin
- Mar 25, 2021
- 7 min
Finding the Word for this Feeling
What is in a name? Sometimes, everything. For weeks now I’ve been wandering around trying to put my finger on an emotion I can’t name....
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