July 9 (1976, 1988, 2005) Matters of Substance

“7/9/76 ~ early morning in tim's house. tim fagan who is up yonder in washington rambling about in his model A mail truck… i've stayed here a couple of nights instead of wren shack so that i could listen to music and have my own space. ... i really must get my cabin built and thus i must get my cabin designed. and quite in my style i have a conflict therein: whether to try to bring to birth my age-old dream of an octagonal house, a basically circular one room cabin with sleeping loft; or to opt for the sheer simplicity of a gable-roof rectangular 16.5' x 20' one room cabin with sleeping loft. or to attempt a synthesis, compromise. maybe build a house in the shape of a flaming gazelle.”

[Russell Towle's journal]

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“7/9/88 morning, of a Saturday, I'm about to head for Ed's and set some 6 x 6, then? Yesterday, fired off a letter to J. Roubique, Truckee District Ranger, re logging operations in Castle Valley.

Weather: hot.

Book in hand: Ball and Coxeter's Mathematical Recreations and Essays.

Matters of substance: saw the wonderful Mariko, on Fourth of July weekend; went to Lovers Leap with Bill Newsom and Co., we flew balsa gliders to truly great effect.”

[Russell Towle's journal]

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Trail Photos
July 9, 2005

Sunbow over Sugar Pine Pt.
July 9, 2005

Arrowheads found at Sugar Pine Pt.

Mustang Mint
(Monardella lanceolata)

Swallowtail on (in) Leopard Lily

Swallowtail on Leopard Lily

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