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: December 2010

  • Goodbye, 2010

    Goodbye, 2010

    Why hello there! It’s New Years Eve, and time for me to take a look back at the past year. The past couple of years on this day I have tended toward the negative. And, rightly so. There were some crazy-bad things that happened. 2010, though was pretty darn good. I honestly can’t think of…

  • Christmas

    Christmas

    Raf and I decided to spend Christmas at the Beach. This was prompted by my desire to try to get away for Christmas. I’m going to tell you right now, I hate Christmas. I have come to this realization. I hate the holidays. I’m not sure what exactly it is about it that I hate…

  • In which I read you a story

    I picked up The Amazing Bone yesterday and read it again. And, again, I can’t get over how disturbing this book is. So I thought I’d read it to you. As a Christmas gift? The video is a little bit long. So go make yourself a nice cup of tea and be ready to settle…

  • Highlights

    Highlights

    I’ve been spending some time updating the photos on older blog posts and have been enjoying the walk down memory lane. Some of these old posts document some really great quotes I’ve heard from random people over the years. Here are a few highlights: “I died in Spring and was resurrected in Winter.” – guy…

  • on coming out of the Buddhist closet

    If you read this blog you know that I’ve been interested in and studying Zen for a few years now. However, I’ve been reluctant to come right out and admit to myself that I’m Buddhist. For some reason I haven’t wanted to put myself in that box. I freely admit to being a Zennist, but…