Box 139
Container
Contains 48 Results:
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, AUGUST 25-31, 2003
File — Box: 139, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
40 pages, 2 handwritten, the rest typed. Alpine excursions on August 25 (climbed Wheeler Peak to photograph bighorn ram Curly again), 28, and 31. Also: A SOMOS reading.
Dates:
AUGUST 25-31, 2003
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, SEPTEMBER 2-12, 2003
File — Box: 139, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
60 typed pages (actually, 1 page is just feathers). Alpine hikes on September 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 12. Curly (my bighorn ram friend) died September 2. Raven family finally left Williams Lake, made me sad. Mushrooms everywhere. September 2 New Mexican newspaper article on drought: "Despite August rains, drought persists."
Dates:
SEPTEMBER 2-12, 2003
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, SEPTEMBER 17-28, 2003
File — Box: 139, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
48 typed pages and 2 pages just of feathers. 50 pages total. Alpine hikes on September 17, 18, 21, 24, and 28. Summited Spoon Mountain twice. Also: Panel for Jemez Springs Library with Scott Momaday, Demetria MartÃnez, Rena Swentzell. Folder includes a Taos News article October 9-15, 2003 about an odd weather balloon I saw from Spoon Mountain on September 28 (page 47 in these journals).
Dates:
SEPTEMBER 17-28, 2003
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, OCTOBER 1-7, 2003
File — Box: 139, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
44 typed pages. Alpine trips on October 1, 6, and 7. First snows. Goofy traditional high-altitude hikes with a friend from New York. Caught in lightning, thunder, hail. And an encounter (sort of) with a bear.
Dates:
OCTOBER 1-7, 2003
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, OCTOBER 11-25, 2003
File — Box: 139, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
50 typed pages. Alpine trips October 11, 15, 19, 22, and 25. Wonderful journies. Eagles, ravens, bighorn sheep. Amazing weather. Bitter snow at the end. Folder includes an article in October 23-29 Taos News about a proscribed burn in Taos County.
Dates:
OCTOBER 11-25, 2003
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, 2003
File — Box: 139, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
62 typed pages. High country hikes on November 2, 5, 7, 8, 15, and on snowshoes on December 16 and 18. Blizzard on November 12. Also: To Boulder, CO, for Wallace Stegner award. And birth of granddaughter, Lucinda Nichols, on November 23. Folder includes a Santa Fe New Mexican article November 12, 2003 forecasting lots of snow.
Dates:
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, 2003
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, JANUARY 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
55 typed pages and 1 postcard found on windshield of my car at the Bavarian parking lot at trailhead to Williams Lake (p. 48). Snowshoe trips up high on January 7, 10, 14, 18, 23, 28 and 30. Whew. Also: Continuing (fruitless) work on Spoon Mountain novel. And other juicy random tidbits.
Dates:
JANUARY 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, FEBRUARY 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
69 typed pages. High altitude snowshoe excursions on February 4, 10, 16, 20, 23, 26, and 29. Some fierce winter weather, some bluebird days. And 2 Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper articles, February 3 and 4, on snowstorms, snowpack. Also: Rewriting Spoon Mountain novel. Film options on American Blood and Conjugal Bliss. Fun with new granddaughter, Lucinda Nichols.
Dates:
FEBRUARY 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, MARCH 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
51 typed pages. Alpine snowshoe hikes on March 7, 9, 15, 17, 22, and 25. Hot days, deep snows melting. Also: Phoenix Writers Conference. Topple Rumsfeld speech. Frustrating work on Spoon Mountain novel. Babysitting granddaughter.
Dates:
MARCH 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, APRIL 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
36 typed pages. Alpine snowshoe excursions on April 13, 19, 24, and 26. Also: More (useless) labor on Spoon Mountain novel. To Albuquerque for granddaughter's birthday party at zoo.
Dates:
APRIL 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, MAY 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
60 typed pages. Alpine hikes on May 6, 13, 17, 19, 22, 26, 28, and 30. End of snowshoes finally. Start of junco nest observations. Hike to LLFL with Em Hall (still lots of snow). Also: Rewriting Spoon Mountain. To Albuquerque for son-in-law Marco's Masters graduation and goofing off with grandkids. Death of Jane Hardy. Dinner for Tony Branch. Visitors to this.
Dates:
MAY 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, JUNE 2-14, 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
44 typed pages. More field notes from alpine climbs on June 2, 5, 8, 12, and 14 (twice to Gold Hill). Many bighorns, marmots, elk, a monster bear, butterflies, birds (especially ravens and gray jays), a junco nest, profuse alpine flowers, volatile weather, and remnants of snow.
Dates:
JUNE 2-14, 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, JUNE 16-30, 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
50 typed pages. Alpine hikes on June 16, 18 (with friends Em Hall and Jim Bensfield), 23, 26, and 30. Wonderful excursions.
Dates:
JUNE 16-30, 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, JULY 5-14, 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
39 typed pages. High country climbs on July 5, 8, 12, and 14. First encounter with pine martens. Chasing bighorns through talus piles. Also: Visitors; speeches; lost dog; catching invasive cats; car breaking down. All sorts of thrilling mundane irrelevant stuff.
Dates:
JULY 5-14, 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, JULY 16-24, 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
38 typed pages. Alpine hikes on July 16 and 17 with New York pal. Excursion with family up toward Lake Fork Ridge on July 24, celebrating my 64th birthday.
Dates:
JULY 16-24, 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, AUGUST 4-11, 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
38 typed pages. Alpine climbs on August 4, 9 (up the side of Wheeler to film bighorn rams), and 11. Also: Trip to Prescott, AZ, for writers conference; caring for pet chicken; schmoozing friends; filming a movie.
Dates:
AUGUST 4-11, 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, AUGUST 16-31, 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
35 typed pages. High country trips on August 16, 20, 24, and 30. Including one with a geologist friend for great geology lesson on August 16. And several interesting talks with guides for bighorn auction hunt. Also: A group visit to NM Governor, Bill Richardson, on behalf of Velarde citizens.
Dates:
AUGUST 16-31, 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, SEPTEMBER 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
62 typed pages. Alpine hikes on September 3, 8, 15, 20, and 24. Grouse hunting September 21. A beautiful autumn in the high country. This folder also includes an article by me in the September 14, 2004 Los Angeles Times about hiking in the high country titled: "An unstable relationship that he can count on."
Dates:
SEPTEMBER 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, OCTOBER 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
41 typed pages. Climbs to the high country on October 8, 15, 21, 24, and 29. Also: Inventory of my dad's archives; caring for Dilly, the pet chicken; rooting for Red Sox against Yankees; babysitting new granddaughter; family gatherings and friends.
Dates:
OCTOBER 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, DECEMBER 2004
File — Box: 139, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
14 typed pages. Alpine hikes on snowshoes December 5 and 9. Also: Xmas letter; pet chicken; inventory of father's archives; yammering with friends and film agent.
Dates:
DECEMBER 2004
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, JANUARY 2005
File — Box: 139, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
35 typed pages. High altitude snowshoeing on January 15, 19, and 26. Beautiful winter days, deep snow. Also: Work on Spoon Mountain novel; babysitting granddaughter; giving away pet chicken; critique friend's novel; climbing Devisadero in snow; Taos hockey game; horrors of Iraq war.
Dates:
JANUARY 2005
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, FEBRUARY 2005
File — Box: 139, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
24 typed pages. One wonderful snowshoe trip to Williams Lake. Also: Super Bowl Sunday; climbing Devisadero; good friend's birthday; devouring Philip Roth novels; speech to California kids; long philosophical letter to friend about aging.
Dates:
FEBRUARY 2005
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, MARCH 2005
File — Box: 139, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
47 typed pages. Epic snowshoe trips on March 1, 10, and 28. Deep snow. Also: Discouraging work on Spoon Mountain novel; talk at UNM; reading many books; hospital visits to friend; option on American Blood; talk in Santa Fe; Albuquerque wedding; lunch with UNM archivists. Folder includes a Santa Fe New Mexican article, March 9, 2005, about NM's wettest winter ever.
Dates:
MARCH 2005
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, APRIL 2005
File — Box: 139, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
36 typed pages. Alpine snowshoe trips on April 11 and 28. Also: Drive to Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge; visits to friend in Santa Fe hospital; speeches and interviews; work on (bad!) Spoon Mountain novel; general hobnobbing.
Dates:
APRIL 2005
JOURNAL/DIARY FILES, MAY 2005
File — Box: 139, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
50 typed pages. Mountain snowshoe hikes on May 7, 11, and 17. Folder also includes: Babysitting granddaughter; beautiful spring in Taos; work on Spoon Mountain novel; screenwriting workshop in Albuquerque; fear of floods from big runoff of deep snowpacks. Folder includes a newspaper article about floods, May 24, 2005).
Dates:
MAY 2005