by Natalie Ogbourne | Jan 28, 2014 | Pondering Life Outside
Of Earth’s four seasons, Iowa wears them all. Each has its own look, its own color, its own mood; and each its own job. Winter drives the birds south and the people indoors and the renewal of spring invites them back. Summer’s heat grows the corn and the...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Oct 16, 2013 | Pondering Life Outside
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Jun 11, 2013 | Navigating Tough Terrain, Pondering Life Outside
We wore the road to Norris thin. Home to a geyser our family favored, it was a must-stop. Every time. Echinus’ eruption cycle was short, thirty-five to seventy-five minutes. A half-mile path through the woods led to the broad depression in the earth that was its pool....
by Natalie Ogbourne | May 28, 2013 | Pondering Life Outside
Even though Mom and Dad first took us to the mountains when we were little, little enough that my brother and I had matching blue and white jackets, it wasn’t until we went to Yellowstone that we really hiked. Our early forays on the trail were not entirely...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Feb 25, 2013 | Lessons from Yellowstone, Pondering Life Outside
My husband is a mountain goat, climbing and clinging to the unlikeliest of spots with ease. Our children take after him and as soon as they are able, they scramble after him. Those poor, sad souls who aren’t yet able to climb with their daddy stay behind with me, and...