02.22.13 The truth at the heart of nature the light that is not of day Why seek it afar forever when it cannot be lifted away – George Nelson Gerry memorial plaque, Mount Ascutney, Vermont The weekend is nearly here and once again, like many other places around New England, we are bracing for another Winter Storm. Currently, […]
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Monadnock Weekly Report 02.15.13
02.15.13 “There is a passionate affair going on between the climber and the mountain. ‘Why do I climb a mountain?’ I would say that the climber would say, ‘because I am in love.’”- William Shatner It’s a post Valentine’s Day edition of the Monadnock Weekly Report. I’ll talk more about the above quote after we […]
Monadnock Weekly Report 02.08.13
02.09.13 *UPDATE* What I am certain will be known as the “Blizzard of ’13” here in New England has finally come to an end. The winds have remained heavy this evening, but the snow halted in the mid afternoon. Due to the wind and constantly drifting snow throughout the storm, it is a challenge to […]
Leave-ing Monadnock State Park
By: Jonathan Rager: Intrepretive Ranger at Monadnock State Park. Photos by: Stamati Anagnostou: Interpretive Ranger at Monadnock State Park. As we get to the back of this short novel of time, we feel the last pages of paper in our interpretive journey at Monadnock State Park almost reach completion. We have deep and enchanting feelings […]
Leaf Peeps and Trail Sweeps: Monadnock State Park
By Jonathan Rager, Interpretive Ranger at Monadnock State Park. Photo credits by Stamati Anagnostou, also, Interpretive Ranger at Monadnock State Park. The gentleman below is deeply fascinated with this leaf. He often ponders and looks for leaves that are full of colorful personalities, much like himself and his fellow intern. Here we have a rarity. […]
And the Crescendo!
By Stamati Anagnostou, SCA Interpretive Ranger at Monadnock State Park The time approaches and is not quite here when the forests that sail down and away from Monadnock will rise in effervescent praise of winter, just before its heat death silences them. For now we wait in earnest anticipation, watching every leaf as they shift […]