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After reading a biography of Vincent Van Gogh and learning of his unrequited love for one of his cousins, Kee Vos Stricker, our storyteller recalls the deep and painful love he had for one of his cousins that was revealed during a Tom Thumb Wedding.  In part two of the episode Don Murphy tells the story of Baby and Boo, two family friends who his parents help migrate from the piney woods of Louisiana to Southern California.  You will hear about the infamous Angola Penitentiary and dark tales of men losing their limbs in the saw mills.

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In our third episode we begin with the story of a tyrannical school lunchtime monitor and what happened when once again the devil got into our storyteller and he ended up insulting the faculty showoff.  We conclude our storytelling with an epic hike taken by Don Murphy, former ranger and director of California State Parks and his family along the John Muir Trail shortly after his father died.

Don concludes this episode by discussing E.O. Wilson's book, Biophilia, and how it describes in part how nature can heal the body, mind and spirit; as well as Frederick Law Olmsted's report to the the California Legislature in 1865, Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove.  In the report Olmsted also invokes the healing and rejuvenating powers of the natural environment.  You don't want to miss this insightful discussion.

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In this episode we share two stories from my father's journal.  The first story is about Little League Baseball and what happens in the bottom of the last inning in the last game of the season.  My father's team had lost every game.  This was their last chance to salvage one win and avoid the disgrace of winless season.  You don't want to miss what happens when my father throws the last pitch of the game.  

Our second story is about a spirit-filled choir member who the spirit almost carried home to glory one Sunday morning.

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Our debut podcast shares the hilarious story of what happened when our storyteller’s mother attempted to bake a chocolate layer cake. The second story is about what happens when our host’s senior prom turned into a protest for social justice. 

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Nature lover, adventurer, ranger and former deputy director of the U.S. National Park Service, Don Murphy, teams up with his daughter to form a storytelling duo on their new podcast, Life Is A Story We Tell Ourselves.   Each week they will share stories from Don’s journal and his adventurers traveling the world.  A surprise interactive feature will be introduced during the debut podcast. You don’t want to miss it.