Happy birthday to us! (posted by Marilyn Murphy) CTP is 45 years old! Gabriel and the team are anticipating the blow-out celebration event they’ll be planning in five years! What a…
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December 12, 2021 (or: 12.12.21!) Every December, when I decorate my Christmas tree, it’s a trip down memory lane. On my very first international trip – back in 1978 –…
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~ Marilyn Murphy It's January, 2021. One year ago, China had identified the coronavirus and there was talk about impeaching the president. Whoever said, "history repeats itself" had it right! Whew!...Read More
Posted by: Marilyn Murphy October 1, 2020 Are you ready for some good news? David Bowie sang it: Ch-ch-changes … In this year of unprecedented change, we have an exciting…
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Actually, a better title would be, “How I Was Supposed to Spend My Summer Vacation.” Because it’s June of 2020. It’s the summer of COVID-19. Because everything is upended. Everything…
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July 12, 2020 I recognized something profound when I traveled throughout Asia and India as a newly-minted college graduate who, previously, had barely ventured outside the Midwest. It’s something that…
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Some time ago I was re-telling a memory from my early days of travel. Somebody recorded that story, and played it back for me last week. It stirred my heart...Read More
My friend and WOW alumni, Les Whitney, plays the ukulele every morning … until one day, several weeks ago, when his left hand simply wouldn’t cooperate. Not dissimilar to my…
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It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving and, I’m staying far, far away from the maddening mall crowds. Instead, I’m sitting at my kitchen table, ruminating about perspective and priorities. And gratitude. It’s been a…
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It’s 2:45 AM. I’m in Costa Rica, attending a travel industry conference. My husband just called. There are brush fires raging close to our home in Thousand Oaks, which –…
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This is #244 of the Weekly WOW! blog … though as of late it hasn’t been a weekly publication. I decided to give myself a break at the beginning of…
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At the beginning of the year, I decided to take a break from writing this weekly blog. Far too often, I was up until 2 AM, word-smithing and looking for…
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India – more than any other country I’ve ever visited – created a deep, lasting impression on me. Traveling through India from south to north as a solo backpacker-on-the-cheap in…
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For a long time, I’ve harbored a dream . . . …to start a foundation that would, in essence, provide funds to a young person to travel far, far from…
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“Mud season” is the unofficial fifth season in states like Michigan and Ohio – the period between winter and spring when one hopes for another snowstorm to cover the filthy…
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