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

  • Friday Random 10. Movie Soundtrack Edition.

    Is it friday already? I’ve got my glass of wine in hand. Let’s do this. Forever Yellow Skies. The Cranberries. To the faithful departed. Why am I slightly embarrased that I have The Cranberries on my iPod? I do actually like them. I haven’t heard this song in awhile. Story of a lonely guy. Blink-182.…

  • Thanks

    Thanks for all of your comments on the “WTF” post. A few days later I’m feeling less shock and more depressed. Hopefully this cloud will lift soon. So why am I so bothered by the James Kim death? I think it’s because I feel like it could have happened to me. It seems so random.…

  • WTF?

    This has been one strange day. One strange awful day. Here is how the things unfolded: First, as I’m taking the bus from the Downtown library to the South Hill library (I had a meeting this morning) I notice that there are a lot of kids mulling around the a high school that the bus…

  • Sad

    Totally heartbreaking. The body of a San Francisco man who had walked into the Oregon wilderness to summon help for his stranded family was found Wednesday in a steep ravine where he had left clues for searchers. Officials confirmed that James Kim, 35, an editor at the Web site CNET, had been found dead. A…

  • Hopeful

    This story has caught my attention the past couple of days. There is a search under way for James Kim, Cnet editor who went looking for help after his family got stuck in the mountains of Southern Oregon: After leaving Portland on Interstate 5, search leaders said, the couple missed a turnoff that leads to…