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: October 2008

  • Happy Halloween

    Happy Halloween

    Hope you are all having a fantastic Halloween. I currently have the cold from hell which has culminated in a case of Laryngitis. sigh. This has been the reason why the blog has been so quiet this week. Hopefully I’ll start feeling better soon.

  • Fall is here

    Fall is here

      The leaves are in full color now and it is cold. Really cold. So cold that my iPod’s battery was completely depleted on my walk to work.

  • Crafty Monday: Another change of plans

    The last time I posted I was all excited about my current Soctoberfest project, a mystery sock knitted two at a time on two circs. well, the love didn’t last long. Honeymoon was over really fast on that project. The picture is the result of the tangled mess that came about. ugh. I reminded me…

  • Atonement

    Atonement by Ian McEwan rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best books I have ever read/listened to. I could hardly stop listening. It was absolutely compelling. The ending just completely blew me away.

  • It’s Friday

    It’s Friday

    Interesting week. Last night I had the delight of listening to Sherman Alexie speak. he read the last chapter of “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” and it was amazing. It was especially cool to see so many high school students at the talk. And many of them were boys! High School…