Blatherskite

Foolish gibberish

recent posts

about

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.

Tag: Earth Day

  • Would you ever visit a psychic or a palm reader?

    Would you ever visit a psychic or a palm reader?

    I have actually done this. This is another New York Story. It was Earth Day in 1990. April 22nd. Oh, it was a fabulous day. A beautiful spring day in the Big City. I wandered around Central Park and Manhattan with my friends. In fact, this photo of the roller skaters was taken on this…

  • roller dancers in Central Park

    roller dancers in Central Park

    I exchanged the defective scanner and hooked up the new one this morning. Already I am having better luck with it. The “film” option is not grayed out. I have yet to scan negatives but will do so as soon as I get a chance. This morning I scanned another snapshot of NYC. This photo…

  • What’s going on

    Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings. Amazing AND yummy. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Oh good! I always really liked Gavin Newsom. I hope he wins. I don’t know. I kind of like getting lost in Google results. Interesting! Get well soon Mr. Hawking! Oh, and happy…