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: 2006

  • Sand Castle

  • still here

    I’ve been kind of in a fog, blogwise, the past few days. Just haven’t had any motivation to post. Or maybe it’s time. I don’t know. It’s summer and I am enjoying the outdoors at the moment. I discovered the book, Kurt Cobain’s Journals today. A patron came in looking for it and we had…

  • Charlotte Sometimes

    I finished reading Charlotte Sometimes (the 1969 edition) while on a short little overnight camping trip a couple of weeks ago. I found out about this book on the PUBYAC listserv. It was actually a Stumper, the librarian who asked the question giving details about a later edition of the book and not recognizing it…

  • I *heart* the ocean.

    I *heart* the ocean.

    There’s nothing like a little trip to the Oregon Coast. We visited Cape Lookout. And I swear to God. It’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. The Oregon Coast is like the California Coast on steroids. You can see more photos here.

  • Jim West dies

    I was really shocked to read this post at Blogging Spokane. I did a little Google search and found some news articles about it: The Bellingham Herald | news | | Former Spokane mayor Jim West dies Former Mayor James E. West, who opposed gay-rights bills but was recalled from office over an Internet gay…