by Natalie Ogbourne | Apr 24, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
This is a revised version of one of my first and favorite posts. I’m revisiting it today because when it originally posted, Along This Road had all of five subscribers. (Thank you, by the way.) It’s different from the original because I’ve learned...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Apr 10, 2014 | Pondering Life Outside
It was hot when we arrived in Montana. Ninety degrees hot. In October. After sweltering for a couple of days, we drove toward Yellowstone over the Beartooth Highway, where the balmy morning temperatures plummeted into winter, one degree at a time. By the time we made...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Mar 12, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
Occasionally my husband’s job requires him to travel. Once in a while, I tag along. He works while I spend silent hours with books. Our trip to Denver was different. He worked and I discovered HGTV. Forlorn and neglected, my books sat in a tidy stack on the...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Mar 5, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
In their quest to unearth my son’s Star Wars chess set, my kids discovered a bundle of cards and letters I’d saved–drawings and cards they had given me, cards from my husband, and a letter from my dad. It was twenty-five years old, written during the...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Jan 14, 2014 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
Twenty Januarys ago, the flat monotony of I-80 delivered us to the foothills of the Wasatch Range of the Utah Rockies and the threshold of the Big Cottonwood Canyon. As Dad eased to a stop at the intersection leading to the canyon road, we saw a disheartening sign...
by Natalie Ogbourne | Aug 13, 2013 | Pause, Ponder the Path, Press On
A trail’s name hints at what lies beyond. Usually it’s the destination: Mallard Lake. Sometimes it’s that the trail won’t be level: Mount Washburn. Occasionally it’s a warning: Seven Mile Hole. Hikers need more than a hint. We need to...