Sun, 12:55 Birth Week 1976 Local Landmark #14: Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve, Olympia, WA
Formed: estimated 16,000 years ago. Established as Natural Area Preserve: 1976.
I've been on this earth for 50 years, lived in Washington State the same amount of time, was born in Olympia 14 miles from here, and had never heard of Mima Mounds until I started doing research for this year's Birth Week! This seemed kind of wild to me, but I guess random shit happens all the time—like spending a lifetime never realizing you have fascinating geological oddities right in your own backyard. https://t.co/TyBfb14JhO

Sun, 18:28: I asked Laney to write and sing me a song for my 50th birthday party, and boy did she deliver!
I edited this version of the video to combine the visuals from both the version I recorded with my phone, and the version Laney's daughter Jessica recorded with hers. https://t.co/5iEbqfDgAq