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June 2025

The ache of what could be.
All this dreaming and scheming is heartbreaking while bombs are dropping.
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Madison Murphy Barney
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A taste of my own medicine
I yammer on and on about community and how life is a group project that requires all of us — even the bummers and boomers.
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Madison Murphy Barney
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The spiral of connection
Every morning I wake up, do a breathing exercise, meditate, smudge, pray, journal, eat, walk, have tea, take a turn about the garden, wash, brush, and…
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Madison Murphy Barney
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The medicine of zooming way, way out
Right now, I am a ball of urgency at the center of my own universe wondering if I should just delete my book manuscript rather than send it back to my…
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Madison Murphy Barney

May 2025

April 2025

The trees make people more tolerable
The trees make people more tolerable.
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Madison Murphy Barney
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If we are to be denied everything precious
If we are to be denied everything precious we ought
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Madison Murphy Barney
That's the funny thing about circles
My dad – who isn’t prone to liking much – has grown to love Vermont.
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Madison Murphy Barney
Let your medicine be your medicine
It is as simple as that.
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Madison Murphy Barney
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