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: September 2005

  • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

    I just now finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Finally! I have to say that I’m not really surprised. When Rowlings said that somebody was going to die (in the series) I knew in the back of my mind who it would be. And I also had a feeling about the person who killed…

  • Lemony Snicket, The bad beginning

    I read the first Lemony Snicket book last night when I got home from work. I was so proud of myself, actually getting through one of these in one sitting! I’m a slow reader and really need to pick up the pace a bit with this job. What did I think? Loved it. I couldn’t…

  • Time slips by

    Wow! I can’t believe I let all of those days slip by without posting. Time got away from me this week. I did want to post something on friday and I didn’t. I wanted to make a note that my first storytime ever went very well! Not at all as scary as I thought it…

  • Spokane River

    Spokane River

  • hopeful

    I meant to post something about 9/11/2001 yesterday and I didn’t. I don’t know why. I just didn’t have the words. What else is there to say about it? It was a horrible day. And now we are dealing with something that seems even worse than the terrorist attacks. It’s painful. So Raf and I…