Blatherskite

Foolish gibberish

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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: 2004

  • Last Blooms

    Last Blooms

      I took this on my walk today around campus. There are hundreds of roses planted on campus, I think they are all different varieties. This time of year it’s hard to find one that has a bloom on it.

  • Council finalizes library closures

    Council finalizes library closures – Local News – thecalifornian.com After emotional pleas from Salinas schoolchildren not to close the city’s public libraries, the City Council on Tuesday finalized its decision to do just that. This disturbs me, and not just because I am a librarian. In fact, the more I think about it the more…

  • This is a good message for liberals

    Here is a snip from something the Moore quoted that I think is totally right-on: Watch Dan Rather apologize for not getting his facts straight, humiliated before the eyes of America, voluntarily undermining his credibility and career of over thirty years. Observe Donna Brazille squirm as she is ridiculed by Bay Buchanan, and pronounced irrelevant…

  • dropped stitches

    dropped stitches

  • Deer in the headlights

    Deer in the headlights

    I took this with my Palm camera, so it’s sucky. But I was up at UCSC waiting for Raf to get done with his run and this little deer came right up to my car. So I took a picture. I’m bummed that I missed two days of pictures. 😦 . Better luck next week.