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.

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  • Rewrite your first post

    I am using the daily prompt from yesterday: Now that you’ve got some blogging experience under your belt, re-write your very first post. First, I want to take this opportunity to say that my blog is going to be TEN YEARS OLD on January 27, 2013. I am cooking up something in celebration and I…

  • The Missing Mountain

    Note: I found my old Moleskine journal. I have had it since 2004! And it still isn’t filled up. Here is an entry from February 4, 2010. It is interesting to read retrospectively.  I am sitting in my office and I am watching cars drive hurriedly past my window, swooshing through the puddles the rain is creating.…

  • The Santa Cruz Monica

    The Santa Cruz Monica

    Sometimes I wonder If there is another me who still lives in Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz Monica. The me who chose to be A creative writing major at UCSC. She had guts. She is the one who runs on the beach at sunrise. She is the one who surfs The Hook. She is the…

  • A man and a woman held hands on the way down

    The image from 9/11 that is forever seared in my consciousness:   Two figures are suspended in the air holding hands The tie on one of them flips up into his face And his arm is outstretched As if he is trying to grab hold of  the wind. The other figure is wearing high heels and…

  • Write a poem about an animal

    Write a poem about an animal

    I just discovered this: NaPoWriMo, in which you write a poem everyday! I am super sad that I missed out on starting this on April 1st. But I think I will follow the rest of the prompts. It’s a good way to excercise that part of my brain. I probably won’t post everything that I…