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 2010

  • Thanksgiving and Pea Salad

    A year ago today Raf and I got up early, packed up the car and began our long drive to Spokane. My mom called a few days before to say that Doug didn’t have much longer to live. I didn’t know what that meant at the time, logically. Did he have a month? Three months?…

  • I got nuthin’

    Well that’s not entirely true. I’ve got stuff to write about but I’m not in the mood to share. So here’s a picture I took today instead.

  • On the comfort of bookstores

    Yesterday I found myself in Portland in the Hawthorne neighborhood. Raf had an interview at Voodoo Tattoo and I tagged along. I spent some time walking around and checking out the shops. I was very impressed with how incredibly friendly people are there. There is a shop that sells nothing but clogs so I wandered…

  • I take after my Granny Mary, Pt. 2

    One warm Summer night, when I was still living in Spokane, at a family barbeque at my mom’s house, my mom tells us that my uncle found a cassette tape in a desk drawer and he didn’t know what to do with it so he gave it to my mom. She came home and popped…

  • I take after my Granny Mary, Pt. 1

    I miss my granny mary so much. She died 18 years ago. I still think about her nearly everyday. As I grow older I’m realizing how much I am like her. For example, she liked to knit. And it just so happens that I like to knit, too. When I was younger I looked at…