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: July 2005

  • Bonny Doon 1

    Raf and I went on a little hike today at the Bonny Doon Ecological Preserve. I’ve blogged about that place before. This time we went to this area where there are some sandstone carvings. It was really hilly but fun to climb the sandstone hills. I took some pics that I will post this week.…

  • Stoked

    I got my Harry Potter book that that pre-ordered from Amazon TODAY! W00t! I was really surprised that I already got it. I thought it would at least take a couple of days. On the box it says “don’t deliver until July 16th.” I wonder if the publisher pre-packaged them for Amazon to mail out,…

  • Neocon talking points on Rove

    As Mandrake points out, the Republicans have thier official talking points out regarding Karl Rove on Raw Story. Here are a couple of highlights: “Once again, Democrats are engaging in blatent political attacks” “Karl Rove discouraged a reporter from writing a false story based on a false premise” (this one enrages me. Making the traitor…

  • me looking at myself in the mirror

    This photo was an accident, actually. I was trying to take a picture in my bathroom mirror of me wearing this poncho thing that I had just finished knitting for my knitting blog. I kind of liked the perspective of this picture…So thought I’d share it. I know I should be taking pictures of stuff…

  • unbelievable

    White House expresses confidence in top Bush aide – Yahoo! News The White House broke its silence and said on Tuesday that President Bush continued to have confidence in his top political adviser, Karl Rove, despite his involvement in a scandal over the leak of the identity of a CIA agent. So Rove is going…