Hi 👋

It felt like time to do some old-fashioned geoblogging.

I went for a hike at Mokst Butte near Newberry Volcano on May 8 to gather some info for a mapping project I'm working on.

Mokst Butte is a cinder cone on the north flank of Newberry, with an elevation of 1,880 meters (6,168 ft) and a relief (height above the surrounding area) of about 176 meters (577 ft). The butte (and subsequently the nearby lava flow) was named by the Forest Service with the Chinook jargon word for two. A series of buttes in the area were named in this way, likely in the early 20th century. ^undefined

There is a large staging area to the east of the butte that can be accessed from Forest Road 9710, which follows the northern edge of the official volcanic monument boundary. The staging area is red cinder and largely free of trees. It appears to be used for some bonfires, but there are at least three interesting petroforms: two medicine wheels and one labyrinth. They are marked in the staging area to the east in the map above.

One of several petroforms near the base of Mokst Butte.

Work stuff

I recently left the job I'd been doing for more than 11 years. Words like "restructuring" and "position eliminated" were read to me over a Microsoft Teams call with a freshly-hired CFO. My manager was not consulted, nor was his manager. Ruthless corporate math. So it goes.

If you need the services of a versatile software engineer, let me know!

Henge Finder

With some of my extra time, I've been working on some personal projects, including a little app called Henge Finder. It's not done yet but I'm working on it in public.

I was going to make this a longer post, but I also want to post more often, so I'm ending it here and will save the other things I was going to talk about for another post.

I've been working on my résumé lately. I attended a webinar offered by a career advisor firm that I connected with, and I learned a little about how job seeking has changed since I last did it. Some highlights:

• Cover letters are rarely expected now (cool!)
• Every résumé you send out needs to be customized (less cool!)
• LinkedIn is the center of the jobseeker's universe

A custom résumé for each job application?! Mostly this involves providing a professional summary statement at the top and filling the whole thing with keywords lifted directly from each respective job description.