Feasting the senses in Venice
Setting foot in Venice, I was excited to see the glittering domes of San Marco and the gilded ceiling of the Palaccio Ducale. A feast for...
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marymurraybrown
Jul 262 min read
Winning the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize
Here’s a link to the award-winning story https://alpinefellowship.com/campfire-meditations-by-mary-murray-brown and some thoughts about...
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marymurraybrown
Jul 262 min read
Little Miracles
It rained last night, and the forest smells of pine and earth. The three of us tread up the hill. The wicker baskets swings into my...
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marymurraybrown
Jun 184 min read
Climbing - Accidental Mindfulness?
We enter the forest, grateful for some shade. Aleppo Pines and wild olive trees line the narrow path. Under my feet, leaves crunch. The...
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marymurraybrown
Oct 21, 20223 min read
Are we there yet? (my journey to Gilead)
I was sixteen when I read Margaret Atwood’s modern classic A Handmaid’s Tale. That was sixteen years ago. Back in 2006, we cheered as Mr...
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marymurraybrown
Oct 14, 20223 min read
A Cathedral Unfinished
Walking through the quaint village of Colonia Güell, you could be transported from the September Friday evening of 2022, back to the 19th...
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marymurraybrown
May 19, 20222 min read
Wordle
[written in Feb '22] The day I got the wordle in two, the war started. c e a s e My go to starting words are ROAST or CAUSE, ADIEU if I'm...
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marymurraybrown
Sep 17, 20213 min read
Homecoming
Let me tell you about where I am. It’s a special place. It's home at last, or moving between the homes of family members. But the land is...
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marymurraybrown
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Where did the blog go?!
Woops! So I started a blog with ALL of the right intentions, and then a few months passed and I forgot my password. So, that didn't quite...
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marymurraybrown
May 20, 20213 min read
A Room of My Own (to chase my tale in)
I’ve decided to start chasing my tale and write a blog. So, where to start? And I mean this literally. A very important writer once told...
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CHASING MY TALE
Scottish writer based in Barcelona.
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