Cycles

Read this Washington Post article about nostalgia web, and it's a poignantly appropriate time. P and I have split up, and as happens when one turns single again, I need a new place for the daily brain dump. A "new" place to talk about what they guy said (about my accent?) when I volunteered at the marathon water table; about work; about what I read about blogging and whether I miss it.

So Richmond

My library location will be replaced by a new building this fall, so we're all cleaning out not only our own accumulated junk -- this calendar illustration I loved, for instance -- but also almost 40 years of library paraphernalia. Old photos show me that we got rid of some things weird wall hangings and what not, but many office supply type things were still in place. I memorialized some library and office supplies here. A few pictures of old library interiors are here.

The painting is from a calendar that came in Richmond Magazine. I love the way it reminds me of all of my apartments at once.

Birthday Birding List

Powhatan State Park
(mostly sunny, mild -- low 80s)

northern bobwhite
turkey vulture
mourning dove
yellow-billed cuckoo
red-bellied woodpecker? (by ear only, maybe it was a flicker?)
pileated woodpecker
eastern wood-pewee
red-eyed vireo
american crow
carolina chickadee
tufted titmouse
carolina wren
wood thrush
northern mockingbird
field sparrow
cardinal
indigo bunting
orchard oriole

also:
Indian pipes
turkey tail fungus
passionflower vine
dayflower
butterfly pea
trumpet vine
lots of butterflies: tiger swallowtail, and probably spicebush swallowtail, and several others

Yes, This (Leadership)

Real Simple magazine profiled GSUSA's CEO Anna Maria Chavez in February. To the question "what kind of leader are you?" she said, in part:

If a troop comes to the office while I am meeting with a donor or the board of directors, I stop that meeting to meet with the girls, At the end of the day, that's whom we work for.

Yum!

I made a recipe I found on Pinterest and it looked like its picture! And tasted great! Cheated with a premade crust, though.

Sea Cake

I finally used the octopus cake pan I bought at a yard sale ... in 2013? Right before the oven died, I guess, which was August 2013. Time flies. Anyway: it seems I need this product I've never tried. The company that makes the pan suggests a oil-and-flour-in-one spray in place of shortening and flour, which didn't work well.

Testing Googlifier

#googlifier 

Only picked up one set of eyes ....