by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Sep 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Colorado’s East Troublesome Fire explodes in size” “Colorado fire grows by 140,000 acres in one day” “Rocky faces long road to recovery from East Troublesome Fire” These were some of the tragic headlines in the fall of 2020, when my beloved Colorado Rockies were...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Aug 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
When I look outside, it appears that autumn is colliding with summer. At first glance, summer seems to hold full sway over the landscape. The temperature is unbearable, like a heavy blanket draped over the gasping world. Beneath the hazy skies,...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Friends, the release of my contemporary Christian novel, When the Ice Melts, is only three weeks away! So, to celebrate, I’m doing something a little different: today’s blog is based not on an encounter I’ve had in nature, but on an event...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Mar 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
I remember the day I learned to go further. It was many years ago, and my family and I were exploring the Trillium Gap Trail in Tennessee’s beautiful Smoky Mountains. Having hiked this trail before, we knew it was a popular route, and rightly...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Mar 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Spring is singing its song, and the chorus spreads throughout the world. Grass is racing along the hillsides, igniting every hill and hollow in green. Birds are soaring in from the south—the bushes and trees that were so silent in winter are...
by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
The breath of the January afternoon is cold on the back of my neck. I shiver and burrow my hands deeper into my coat pockets. It’s no wonder I’m chilly, because I’m sitting cross-legged on the ground, among the silver stubble of dry grass. I’m...
