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: January 2007

  • 5 degrees

  • Minimum Wage and Eastern Washingon

    I stumbled across an article in the New York Times this morning that addresses a local issue (which is also a national issue); The Minimum Wage. In Washington the Minimum Wage is the highest in the Nation at $7.93. The article is about people from Western Idaho crossing the State Line to work in Eastern…

  • It went well

    I was so exhausted after work yesterday that it was all I could do to just make dinner and veg out in front of the television. But the presentations went well. Thank you all for your moral support and good vibes :). I only did three periods, but I was spent when I was finished.…

  • Reflection of a tree

    Reflection of a tree

  • Slushy

    I’m really creeped out by the weather Frank and Dianne (and Jamison) are getting on the East Coast. It’s in the 70s? You have got to be kidding me! Dianne took a picture of her Daffodils sprouting! In early January?!? That is just wrong. The weather here is cold. It’s been snowy and cold. But…