Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Month: November 2005

  • some people are totally clueless

    So I’m going through total hell today dealing with my car and some jerk posted some rude comments on my Nancy Grace post.I don’t mind if people disagree with comments or posts on my site, but I can’t stand it when they are rude. These people have no sense of caring whatsoever. They just spout…

  • not quite my worst nightmare

    Well, the thing that I was afraid of happened. My car has been totalled. It started really, really snowing at around 4:00 pm yesterday. Right as the evening commute started. So by the time Raf left to pick me up at 6:00 the driving conditions were really bad. We live on a steep hill, and…

  • now it’s getting serious

    now it’s getting serious

    You probably think I’m a dork for making such a big deal out of this, but I haven’t seen snow for 8 years! This is very exciting for me.

  • They don’t teach this in library school

    I am running into some interesting characters, working in a public library. For example, just now we had to tell a patron at the listening station that he had to turn down the volume on the machine. We could hear Brittney Spears through the headphones. The guy was really nice about turning the music down,…

  • Diary of a Fairy Godmother

    diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esme Raji Codell. I listened to the audio version of this book and thought it was highly entertaining. The reader was really good. The story itself was excellent. One of the best juvenile fiction stories I’ve read in awhile. It’s about a young witch who realizes that she likes…