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: 2005

  • A great loss

    I found out on Sunday that the wife of a friend and collegue died, Ilene Rockman. She battled non-smoker’s lung cancer for three years and died on Saturday. I have been sad about it since I found out, and have wanted to post something, but have not been able to find words. Other people in…

  • Frozen pond

    When we first moved to Spokane my husband couldn’t believe that it got so cold here that this pond would freeze over. And look. It’s frozen over. I think this pond is even ice skated if the ice gets thick enough. Right after I took this all of the ducks on the other side of…

  • some people are totally clueless

    So I’m going through total hell today dealing with my car and some jerk posted some rude comments on my Nancy Grace post.I don’t mind if people disagree with comments or posts on my site, but I can’t stand it when they are rude. These people have no sense of caring whatsoever. They just spout…

  • not quite my worst nightmare

    Well, the thing that I was afraid of happened. My car has been totalled. It started really, really snowing at around 4:00 pm yesterday. Right as the evening commute started. So by the time Raf left to pick me up at 6:00 the driving conditions were really bad. We live on a steep hill, and…

  • now it’s getting serious

    now it’s getting serious

    You probably think I’m a dork for making such a big deal out of this, but I haven’t seen snow for 8 years! This is very exciting for me.