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

  • tattoo

    It occurs to me that I didn’t blog about my latest tattoo. I got this one at the end of June. It was  a last minute kind of thing. I stopped by the tattoo shop raf works at and he was bummed because his appointment didn’t show up. So he asked me if I wanted…

  • Every picture tells a story

    I love this picture. It was taken when my mom and Doug first married. We decided to drive to Glacier Park for a little vacation. Can you guess who the photographer is? That would be me, as evidenced by the little brother sticking his tongue out at the camera. that is Doug on the right…

  • A Mushroom and a friendly stranger

    Yesterday we went for a hike along the Salmon River in Welches. I haven’t been getting much sleep the past few days and was in a really awful mood. I needed to get out and try to lift my spirits. I brought my camera with me which is something I haven’t done much these past…

  • silence that isn't silence

    I found this and thought it might be an interesting blog post. I wrote it in April of 2009. It was a writing prompt from the book “The Pocket Muse.” When I sit here at my desk and listen I hear quite a lot. Even when it is quiet. When it is quiet, that is…

  • The day I learned to read

    The training that I went to was about early literacy and  the skills kids need to learn in order to read later on when they are in school. This training has made me think about my own experience as a child learning to read. My mom and older siblings used to read to me and my…