01.10.13 “I have been thinking more and more that I shall always be a lone wanderer of the wilderness. God, how the trail lures me. You cannot comprehend its resistless fascination for me.” – Everett Ruess Winter is hanging on here at Monadnock, even as warmer weather starts to move in. Monadnock’s […]
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Monadnock Trails Report 01.04.13
01.04.13 “Is anybody out there, please? It’s too quiet in here and I’m beginning to freeze. I’ve got icicles hanging from my knees under fifteen feet of pure white snow.”- Nick Cave It’s not quite as drastic as the song by the Bad Seeds quoted above, but with snow piling up and some recent frigid […]
Monadnock Trails Report 12.28.12
12.28.12 Well, here we are with the last Monadnock Trails Report of 2012. It has been a great year here at Monadnock State Park and we’re ready for 2013! Unlike this time a year ago, we actually have snow here at Grand Monadnock. While our neighbors to the south were experiencing mostly rain from yesterday’s […]
Monadnock Trails Report 12.21.12
12.21.12 So, the calendar has finally turned to the anticipated date of December 21st, 2012. About two inches of snow fell overnight in the Monadnock Region, it is now steadily raining outside of the Park Office, the world as we know it still exists, and the cold, gray, miserable weather matches the feel of the saddened […]
Monadnock Trails Report 12.14.12
12.14.12 I’m back at Monadnock after taking last week off; a week of heavy reading, projects around the house, (scheduled) doctor’s appointments, playing with the dogs, listening to my NY Giants dismantle the New Orleans Saints last Sunday, and reflecting on the absolute perfection of The Ramones’ 1977 album, “Rocket To Russia”. While I also […]
Monadnock Trails Report 11.30.12
11.30.12 “I walked abroad in a snowy day, I ask’d the soft snow with me to play; She play’d & she melted in all her prime, And the winter call’d it a dreadful crime.”- William Blake That is the poem “Soft Snow” from the exceptional English poet and artist, William Blake, who’s birthday was this past […]
Monadnock Trails Report 11.16.12
11.16.12 “November has tied me to an old dead tree. Get word to April to rescue me.”- Tom Waits Last week, I was able to happily report of the first snowfall of the season on Grand Monadnock. Especially with the little amount that fell, not surprisingly, it is now all gone. And once again, Monadnock’s […]
11.08.12 Monadnock Trails Report
11.08.12 Welcome to the Monadnock Trails Report; an escape from election talk, fiscal cliffs, the Mickey Mouse take over of Star Wars (can they possibly sink that franchise even more?), the stock market, Twilight, Syria, Baseball Winter Meetings, and the continually frustrating NHL lockout. However, of course, we can’t escape talk about the weather. The […]
Monadnock Trails Report 11.02.12
11.02.12 Welcome to our post-hurricane edition of the Monadnock Trails Report. I want to start off with a genuine and heartfelt thank you to all police, fire, ambulance, rescue, and other personnel and volunteers that worked so hard before, during, and since the storm to provide help to their communities, wherever those communities may be. This […]