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: November 2009

  • Making Kombucha Tea

    One of my new co-workers is an herbalist, I found out during my first week. I asked him if he knew where I could buy Kombucha tea here and he said that he actually made it himself and he could bring me in the “mushroom” starter so that I could make my own. Yay! So…

  • Mirror Lake

    On Sunday we decided to go on another hike from the book 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington. We chose, Mirror Lake. The trail head is up near Government Camp, just on the side of the road on Highway 26. The trail itself is gorgeous. It climbs, zig-zagging along the slope, the entire…

  • Crafty Monday: Fingerless Mitts

    Welcome to day two of NaBloPoMo 2009! My new job has been fabulous. However, my office is really chilly. I am planning on bringing in a little space heater but I decided that I also needed some fingerless mitts to keep my hands warm while I typed. I found some alpaca in my stash and…

  • November 1st

    First of all, before I do anything, I need to wish the Mister a happy birthday. Happy Birthday, my love! Secondly, I decided to do NaBloPoMo this year. I’ve been out of the blogging game, it seems, and it seems that this might be a good way to jump back in. What I really, really…