- Who?
- David Gorsline, middle-aged cranky guy.
- Where?
- Reston, Virginia; Fairfax County; the suburbs of Washington, D.C.; 36th district, Virginia House of Delegates; 32nd district, Virginia Senate; 8th Virginia district, U.S. House of Representatives; Difficult Run, Potomac River, and Chesapeake Bay watersheds; Piedmont physiographic province, just northwest of the fall zone and the Coastal Plain; oak-hickory forest community of the Eastern deciduous forest complex.
- What?
- Grew up in the Midwest; lived on the East Coast since Jimmy Carter was president. Mathematical economist by education; software developer by profession. Love Mom and Leta. Very casual baseball and ice hockey fan. Community theater actor and technician; 15-year veteran volunteer textbook reader for RFB&D. Look around for birds, take longer hikes whenever I can. Ambivalent about itemized lists.
- Why?
- Because I was running out of hosting space for my previous blog, and pedantic nuthatch: the musical! wasn’t working for me as a name.
- And?
- A less succinct version of this story.
Gulf Coast Relief
The American Birding Association has set up a Gulf Coast fund to assist local organizations in monitoring and rehab efforts in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. 95% of funds collected go directly to the Gulf.Search AHoaA
OFiR
Theater Projects
Nothing that I have to show up four nights a week for—just WATCH assignments.
Walking Projects
Fairfax Cross County Trail, 41 miles: completed 2 July 2010.
Pimmit Run Trail
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath, 184.5 miles
Capital Crescent Trail, 11 miles: completed 10 June 2007
Four Mile Run Trail, 7.5 miles: completed 16 July 2006
Custis Trail, 4 miles: completed 30 March 2006
Mount Vernon Trail, 18 miles: completed 3 February 2006
Washington & Old Dominion Trail, 45 miles: completed 13 March 2005-
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