Catherine Ryan Hyde

A Post About Empathy

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Years ago, I was doing a lot of business travel. And I do mean a lot. I was supplementing my writing income as a public speaker. It got out of hand, at least by my standards. I was on the road for about a third of the year. One day I was exhausted and trying [...]

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Pay It Forward Conversation

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Yesterday in Buellton, CA (which is approximately halfway between Los Angeles and the little town of Cambria, where I live) I met up with Charley Johnson in person. I’ve worked with Charley for years, but I live in Cambria and he lives in Salt Lake City. So it’s been email, phone, Skype…everything but sitting down [...]

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Pike’s Peak: Promises, Promises

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Here are a few photos from my hike up the Barr Trail to Barr Camp, which is 6.5 miles and 3,800 vertical feet, or a little better than half the way to Pike’s Peak summit. I just got back to the motor home about an hour ago. I’d had the night’s reservation for Barr Camp [...]

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San Simeon Point

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This morning I left the house about 7:30 and hiked up to the tip of San Simeon Point and back. It’s not hugely different from the hike I like to do up to Ragged Point. It’s not nearly as far up the coast, but I don’t arrange a ride, so it ends up being in [...]

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Vicarious Hiking, Anyone?

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Today I got to do, for the fourth or fifth time, what I consider to be the world’s best hike. This is a highly subjective rating system. Granted, the Big Sur coastline is world-class scenic. But I’m giving this hike big points for ease of getting to the trailhead, and comfort of accommodations at the [...]

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The Truth About Me & The Princess

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Finally, the truth of my relationship with the Princess Lamballe. Well, right off the bat, I must admit we can’t have known each other terribly well. She was a contemporary of Marie Antoinette. She died in 1792. But I must be quite the expert on her life and death. Because, according to just about every [...]

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Look Up and See the Whale

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Almost every day, unless I’m traveling, or on a more strenuous hike somewhere else, I walk my dog Ella on the boardwalk at Moonstone Beach, in my little town of Cambria.  Now and then I’ll run into a local I know.  But, since Moonstone Beach Drive is lined with motels and inns, most of my [...]

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My Boots Are Disco

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I know when you hear the phrase disco boots, your mind goes in a very distinct direction. For the purposes of this blog post, it’s the wrong direction. My new hiking boots are disco. This is not a compliment. Years ago (hell, who am I kidding–decades ago) I was watching something on TV. Two young [...]

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Notoriously Unstable

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Got your attention, didn’t I?  Now I hope you won’t be disappointed if this blog is only about Highway 1 north of Cambria. For those of you who have never driven Highway 1 between Carmel and Cambria, it’s famous for its instability.  All it takes is a good rainy season to bring sections of cliff [...]

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It’s Spring–I Can Prove It!

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Anybody besides me notice that the weather–which has been notoriously unpredictable as long as I’ve been alive to enjoy it–is getting even more unpredictable? Like…a lot more unpredictable? Now, I love the rain. And it’s a good thing I do, too, because my formerly drought-ridden California town has racked up an impressive 30 inches for [...]

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