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In the fall of 1939, my paternal grandmother boarded a train in Gleichen, Alberta headed south, across the US-Canada border, and on to...
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ashleylodato
Dec 25, 20205 min read
Enumeration: 4 elements whispered in gratitude
1. EARTH The mountains welcomed me back last summer as they have every summer, with neither preferential nor prejudicial treatment. COVID...
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Dec 20, 20202 min read
Filters
My best college friends and I may not have been the brightest bulbs in the box, but I assure you that we were far from the dimmest. And...
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ashleylodato
Dec 13, 20206 min read
Carl Miller: Trailblazer
appears in Methow Trails Magazine 2020-2021 photos by Jason Paulsen, Methow Conservancy Carl Miller: March 29, 1939 - December 12, 2020...
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ashleylodato
Oct 29, 20203 min read
Sugar coated
Valley Life, Methow Valley News 10.28.2020 Due to the scarring effects of Halloween 1976, I’m probably not the best person to sympathize...
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ashleylodato
Oct 1, 20203 min read
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 22, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20205 min read
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 8, 20201 min read
The edge
One of my favorite trail runs is one of my hardest. Starting out in a pine forest, it climbs up through aspen stands, past old...
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ashleylodato
May 1, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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