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Walk-talking About Writing
Walking About Writing One of the little things I most look forward to these days is walking around Green Lake with my friend Sharon,...
cherylmurfin
Jan 15, 20216 min read


Posie and the Jammer
We walked by my favorite Grand Central Bakery here in the Eastlake neighborhood six, maybe seven times today. Round and round a...
cherylmurfin
Jan 11, 20217 min read


The Beginning of the End
I’m not sure what I expected. But I guess I did expect something, I don’t know, More Dramatic. Golden trumpets maybe. The skies parting...
cherylmurfin
Jan 7, 20216 min read


Unmasked
I spend most of my walking time looking down, either at my feet or a few steps in front of them. Rarely do I look up and out any further...
cherylmurfin
Jan 5, 20215 min read


All About the Weather
FOR SOUNDTRACK TO THIS POST, CLICK: RAIN WIND Sometimes you really need to do that thing you balk at, that thing you convince yourself...
cherylmurfin
Jan 3, 20216 min read


Traveling in Place
Cheryl's crude interpretation of "Waiting or the Interuban" Back on The Road I am not sure why it’s taken me almost a year of...
cherylmurfin
Jan 2, 20216 min read


Look Up in 2021
There’s at least one good thing about a year that brings you to your knees. When the challenges that pushed you to the ground are...
cherylmurfin
Dec 31, 20204 min read


Dear Self
Dear Self, Remember when your little band poured tired and overwhelmed into the taxi at Glasgow airport the day before the start of our...
cherylmurfin
Nov 6, 20194 min read


Day 8: The End of the West Highland Way
What was it I said at the beginning of this walk with these five courageous writing women? The end is just a new starting point for...
cherylmurfin
Nov 4, 20196 min read


Kinlochleven: Who Walks Ahead of You?
Cozy and settled in at Allt-na-Leven bed and breakfast in Kinlochleven, we gathered in a circle the evening before reaching Fort William,...
cherylmurfin
Nov 1, 20194 min read


Day 7: The Bloody Devil
A place name speaks a thousand words. So let’s start this post with that name: The Devil’s Staircase. Two of our writers finished their...
cherylmurfin
Oct 30, 20194 min read


Day 6: Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
The thing about Scotland in October is RAIN. Because RAIN. All RAIN. More RAIN. So I found myself wondering about the metaphor I, we, are...
cherylmurfin
Oct 29, 20194 min read


The Best Game (and Prompt) Ever
Today the prompt for writing came from The Best Game Ever. Yes, that is actually the title of the game: The Best Game Ever. At least in...
cherylmurfin
Oct 28, 20195 min read


Day 5: Inverarnan to Tyndrum
We walked as a merry little band for half the distance between Inverarnan and Tyndrum. I love the names of the villages here. Tyndrum....
cherylmurfin
Oct 27, 20194 min read


Day 4: Rowardennan to Inverarnan
Given the challenge of last night, several in our group smartly decided to take the daily “out” and travel by ferry from Rowardennan to...
cherylmurfin
Oct 26, 20196 min read


Isle of the Cowled Woman
Perhaps part of the reason for the difficult hours wandering from Balmaha to Rowardennan was the 2-hour diversion our merry band took at...
cherylmurfin
Oct 25, 20197 min read


Day 3: Balmaha to Rowardennan
Tears flowed this evening. Several of the writers on this walk have been closely following Charlie Loram's guide to the West Highland Way...
cherylmurfin
Oct 24, 20198 min read


Phoenix Rising from Balmaha
We have two official writing prompts each day on this walking writers retreat -- the word given at the beginning of each day and the...
cherylmurfin
Oct 22, 20195 min read


Day 2: Dryman to Balmaha
The walk from Dryman to Balmaha was shorter -- 9 miles compared to yesterday's 12. Still, that’s a right punchy stroll in the Scottish...
cherylmurfin
Oct 4, 20194 min read


Day 1: Malngavie to Dryman
NOTE: This is a reboot. Due to poor internet connection as we walked the West Highland Way this month, I was unable to post our...
cherylmurfin
Oct 3, 20195 min read
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