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Things I See When I Ski

August 30, 2025 by aliciamacleay

The first picture I ever posted on Instagram was of a sunset I saw while cross-country skiing on the local golf course in 2017. With that middling ...

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Totally Transcendent: Saddleback Solar Eclipse

April 10, 2024 by aliciamacleay

Mind blowing, amazing, surreal, transcendent, what the f-? Try to describe the two and a half minutes of solar eclipse totality and it might sound ...

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The Privilege of Going Outdoors

April 7, 2020 by aliciamacleay

Three weeks ago my family skinned up and skied down a ski hill about an hour from home. It was a sunny bluebird afternoon. After a peaceful climb ...

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Perspective

March 13, 2020 by aliciamacleay

Huh? In an increasingly off-kilter world, here's an image that also feels a bit bewildering. My daughter hates looking at this picture ("it's so ...

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