pickTwo thoughts: 1) very realpolitik that the two main places I've lived in my life has been shaped - and thus shaped me - my the glacial cover of the last glacial maximum.
2) it's kind of mind boggling how quickly Seattle has changed. All cities are engineered - the one I grew up in was half dug out of swamp land. But in Sweden that took hundreds of years (my hometown is over 800), Seattle is around 150, with a fire resetting to it 115 years ago.
"The nearest city of any size, Portland, with around twenty-five hundred people, was eight days by schooner."
That seems pretty slow for a ship? For reference, it takes three hours by car, or three hours by train (because especially west coast American rail is awful) now.
Christmas Eve morning book! With bonus featured embossing stamp, a birthday gift from @donut_jefa.
(and no worries, I'm not doxing myself, my name is common enough that there are hundreds if not thousands of people with my exact name combo)
Well, that's a wee bit steep, Hardee's. No wonder I don't see much of you anymore. 😆 #LitsyHumor
Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography | 
