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.

Year: 2010

  • The Difficult Post

    Today marks exactly one year since Doug died. I have been sort of dreading this day. I’ve actually been dreading this whole holiday weekend  because I knew it would be difficult. I’ve thought about that day many, many times over the past year. It is impossible to think about without tears welling up, no matter…

  • Flickr Time Machine Part 2

    I started writing another post about Google Maps but I wasn’t feeling it so I thought, instead, I would delve into the Flickr Time machine again. This time I thought I would go back a few more years, to 2006. This was actually taken on November 27 of that year. It is a picture of…

  • 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…