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: 2004

  • Sleepwalking

    For the first time in my life I sleepwalked last night. It was a very strange experience. I remember waking up, standing over the air-purifyer and feeling really confused. Raffa was asking me what I was doing (this is what woke me up) and I stood there, confused, and said, “uh, I don’t know.” Then…

  • Winter Bloom

    Winter Bloom

    Thought I’d take a picture of the pretty magnolias blooming in my yard.

  • Bush’s Brain

    I thought I would post a little something about a little documentary that I watched over the holiday weekend. Bush’s Brain. Based on the book, Bush’s Brain. It’s about Karl Rove. It was a fairly short documentary that presented a biography about Rove, and then talked about how he has helped Bush rise to the…

  • Nationwide Voting Errors Tallied, More than 30,000 Complaints Lodged

    t r u t h o u t – Nationwide Voting Errors Tallied, More than 30,000 Complaints Lodged The events of the last month in the United States and the Ukraine are a study in electoral duality. In the Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest that nation’s questionable election,…

  • Ridge steps down as Homeland Security chief

    CNN.com – Ridge steps down as Homeland Security chief – Nov 30, 2004 Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigned Tuesday, but he will remain in the post until February 1 unless a successor is confirmed sooner. “There will always be more to do, but today, America is significantly stronger and safer than ever before,” he…