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.

Year: 2008

  • gray

    gray

      yep. That pretty much sums it all up. We’ve had this fog that has hovered over us for a few weeks, it seems. There was a sunny day earlier this week but for the most part, dreary. Right now it’s snowing and we can expect it to continue through Sunday. So that’s fun. And…

  • Homemade Lip gloss

    I’ve been reading Allie’s Answer’s blog for about a month now and was especially inspired by a couple of posts that talked about natural skincare. I was especially interested in the guest post by Julie Gabriel in which she talks about the benefits of using oil to cleanse the skin. After reading that post I…

  • A little Sam

    I was walking by the New Book Cart at the library and saw the most awesome book. It’s called Wool Pets by Laurie Sharp. Inside are instructions for making the most adorable figurines made out of wool and created with a felting needle. I saw the instructions for the Border Collie and I knew I…

  • Poem Meme

    I saw this on a blog that I lurk on and I loved the idea! And because I’ve been interested lately in writing poetry I thought I’d try it. What you do is you listen, randomly, to the first 20 songs on your mp3 player and write down the first line of each song. Verse…

  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy

    I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I am quite blown away by it. For a summary of the book check out Good Reads or Amazon. Basically, it is the story of a boy and his father in a post-apocalyptic world, walking along a highway to find a better, safer place. The writing was…