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: 2011

  • Impermanence

    Impermanence

    I’ve been thinking about impermanence this week. It started on Tuesday when I first heard about Google+.  It looks really cool. It looks like it might be everything I wish Facebook is. So it got me thinking about Facebook and whether or not Google+ will kill it. I thought about Myspace and how Facebook completely obliterated it…

  • John Wayne

    I meet the most interesting people. Today I had a conversation about John Wayne. I mentioned that I had never seen a John Wayne movie in my entire life but thought I should rectify that situation since he is such an iconic figure. I also mentioned that John Wayne reminded me grandfather. The person I…

  • A view

    A view

  • – A thought I had on my run this morning.

    I am more concerned with going the distance and not so much with how fast I get there.

  • Review: The Survivor’s Club

    The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood My rating: 2 of 5 stars I really liked the first few chapters. In fact, I couldn’t put it down. I spent all of yesterday reading this book. I have been drawn to stories of survival and have read a…