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.

Month: April 2005

  • More on my monkey header

    Well, I dug out the book that I was talking about, “Big Secrets” by William Poundstone, as promised. According to this book, the monkey image is taken from The Children’s Apperception Test (CAT). Children are supposed to make up a story to go with the picture. The stories that the children make up help the…

  • Dad and Val

    Here is a picture of my dad and his wife, Val when we were at dinner near Fisherman’s Wharf. I think this is such a great picture of them. You would never guess that they got up at 3am to catch the plane 🙂 . I don’t know if you can see it but the…

  • What on earth could this mean?!?

    This is probably one of the strangest things that has happened to me. If anyone out there in blogland knows anything about dream interpretation, have at it. I’m stumped. This morning I had a really strange dream. It was right as I was waking up and it took me forever to get out of bed.…

  • On paper planners

    Recently I switched from using a Palm to using a paper planner. It was a difficult move, but one that I don’t regret. The ironic thing about it is that I was the queen Palm user. I would sing it’s praises any chance I could. I even converted several coworkers to the Palm platform. I…

  • Please read my rules before you post.

    And Please DO NOT comment anymore on Teri Shiavo. I’m done talking about it. Don’t post a comment here calling me ignorant. That doesn’t fly. It’s just rude. Just because you disagree with me it doesn’t mean I am ignorant. It means you disagree with me. I refer you to my rules. PLEASE READ THEM…