ashleylodato
Tough enough to make the difference
When I arrived at Stanford in the fall of 1987, I had no organized sports experience under my belt, other than a brief foray into...
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ashleylodato
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
Andromeda
At a recent gathering of women {outdoors, socially distanced—do we keep needing to add those disclaimers?}, we discussed the universe. We...
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ashleylodato
- Sep 18, 2020
- 2 min
The sweet spot
The best part of the honey house is the smell. Joke all you want about "honey house," as a euphemism, but this is the real deal--the true...
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ashleylodato
- Aug 2, 2020
- 2 min
Baby steps
While running on a familiar trail near my home a few weeks ago, I started noticing baby footprints in the dust. Not just a single...
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ashleylodato
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Habits
When I was 20, I spent a semester in school with a nun. For a girl who grew up in rural central Washington, everything about Perugia,...
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ashleylodato
- Jun 22, 2020
- 5 min
Always above Lava
Formed by a debris fan at the base of Prospect Canyon at river mile 179 on the Colorado River, Lava Falls looms as arguably the most...
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ashleylodato
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
Been there, done that
Pandemic stir-crazy and itchy to capture the first camping trip of the season our cancelled spring break plans cheated us out of, my...
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ashleylodato
- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
Passages
A few years ago I visited one of my childhood homes, a small A-frame in Wyoming that had been expanded with the addition of two tiny...
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ashleylodato
- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
Send in the clowns
When I was in second grade, I was a clown for Halloween. The main costume was a red nylon pantsuit with a long zipper up the middle. My...
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