by Natalie Ogbourne | Jun 18, 2013 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
On a lovely day, when our family was driving from one place to another, we detoured through a state park. It was a good day for a hike, so we got out of the car and onto the trail. It began atop a meadowy ridge where we walked together until the trail turned downward....
by Natalie Ogbourne | Jun 5, 2013 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
My brother and I were just a little finicky when we were young. We didn’t like oatmeal. We hated onions. We loathed sandwiches. And what is typical lunch fare for a family at a national park picnic area between hikes? Sandwiches. Eventually, we grew out of it and now...
by Natalie Ogbourne | May 15, 2013 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims, of course. Of all the cards I have received in my life, you would think I would remember one more profound. No. I remember this. A silly joke that comes to mind more often than seems right does...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Apr 25, 2013 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress no matter how slow. ~ Plato At nine o’clock one year ago tonight, my Dad inched his way through our door, upper body resting heavily on a walker, toes laboring to do the work that his missing...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Mar 19, 2013 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
Because we like snow, we watched it swirl through the branches of the tree that sits between our house and the pond. My daughter spotted a robin – our first of the year – perched on a branch, proof that winter will yield to spring. It will release its hold on the land...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Feb 27, 2013 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
It’s hard to beat the Tetons. They are beautiful. It is easy to see why people would be in a hurry to arrive. Even so, there is beauty in the delay, if only we will slow down long enough to see it. Once, when we had driven up into Yellowstone from the Tetons, we met a...