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

  • Gonzaga Prep grad wins National Book Award!

    I’m so proud of my town right now! A Spokanite won the National Book Award for Non-fiction! Check it out: Timothy Egan, a 1973 Gonzaga Prep grad, won the National Book Award for nonfiction Wednesday night for “The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl.” “I feel…

  • Spokane River

    Spokane River

  • Stunning

    Remember that wife-killer-who-got-away-with-it O.J. Simpson? He’s going to write a book. About how he would have committed the murders if he, indeed, did them. In a stunning announcement, FOX TV says it plans to interview the 59-year-old former football star and actor about “how he would have committed” the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown…

  • Haunted Hikes

    I picked up this book, Haunted Hikes written by Andrea Lankford on Saturday and have really been enjoying it all weekend! It features hikes in the United States that are known to be haunted. She tells the ghost story surrounding the park and hike and then provides a trail map for each one. Fun! And…

  • Mobius Scarf

    Done and done. It curls in like a sonofabitch. I was tempted to frog and reknit in a pattern that would not curl, but I’m forcing myself not to. Pattern: Simplest of all mobius scarves from 1st Treasury of Magical Knitting by Cat Bordhi. Yarn: Noro Silk Garden. A tiny bit over one ball. Needles:…