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: May 2008

  • Photography Friday

    clouds reflected on Lake Coeur d ‘Alene, originally uploaded by CraftyMoni. I completely forgot about posting my Photography Friday post! Actually, I kind of spaced blog posting all week. This week has been absolutely insane. We are getting ready for the Summer Reading Program so I have been very busy. I was lucky to have…

  • Photography Friday

    Photography Friday

    My lilac bush is blooming! I love lilacs. I think I am a little allergic, though.

  • Oh, to have a president who reads…

    This post made me smile today. Wouldn’t it be great to have a president that actually likes to read? Also, isn’t this a fantastic photograph (Taken by Doug Mills of the New York Times) ?I’m impressed. Look how perfectly in focus Mr. Obama is. And great contrast! You can read the actual post here: OMNIVORACIOUS:…

  • Just what I needed to read. At this very moment.

    I was doing my daily rounds of blog reading yesterday and I stumbled on this blog post at Zen Habits (a great blog, btw). One of the readers of Zen Habits was able to see the Dalai Lama in Seattle and he took notes to send along to Leo so he could post them. Wow.…

  • Crafty Monday: a couple ‘o bags

    Somewhere around May 6th or 7th this thought popped into my head: “oh shit! Mother’s day is coming up this weekend!” So I scrambled to figure out what to do about this. My biggest dilemma was figuring out what to get for my mother in-law since I would have to send it to her. I…