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: August 2007

  • Ocean Park, WA

    So. The last two days of our trip. We drove up the coast yet again and ended up in Long Beach, WA where we had a reservation at the Whale’s Tale Motel. Oh. My. God. What a shit-hole. The place was disgusting. Seriously. The wall was all carved up, the “couch” was a really, really…

  • “In dealing with me the relatives didn’t know that they were dealing with a staunch character.”

    I watched Grey Gardens this morning and then was prompted to clean my house (gee, I wonder why). When I was going through my closet I found a rather Edie-esque scarf. I put it on and arranged it the way Little Edie would and began to quote the film to my husband. And then a…

  • I have arrived

    I now have a MySpace page. Do you? I need friends! I am such a loser right now. I only have 4 friends and one of them is Tom, the generic friend one gets when they are on MySpace. Check out my page. My username is CraftyMoni. I even have the ubiquitous loud background and…

  • Cape Lookout, Oregon

    I just realized that I forgot to post yesterday about our little trip. Sorry about that…Busy day yesterday. Anyway, after South Beach we drove a couple of hours North and ended up at Cape Lookout on the Oregon Coast, about 11 miles from Tillamook. We went there last year and I knew I wanted to…

  • An Amazing Story

    I am shaking right now, after reading about my knit-blogging friend, Lolly’s experience at the Lima Airport during the earthquake. It’s a truly amazing story. You should read it.