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

  • Friday Random 10 – favorite songs edition

    It’s FRIDAY! Let’s get it started, shall we? Time for another Friday Random 10. 1. Colours. Grouplove. This has been on my current playlist and I like it a lot. Video is kinda odd, though. 2. Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. This is one of my all time favorite…

  • On waterfalls and not giving a f*ck

      Last night at my meditation group we read a passage from Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind* called Nirvana And The Waterfall. Suzuki presents an image of a waterfall at Yosemite National Park: The highest one there is 1,340 feet high, and from it the water comes down like a curtain thrown from the top of…

  • in the forest

  • playing cameras

    I can’t believe it has already been a year since Preita moved to Vancouver and we started hanging out with each other on a regular basis. We’ve been trying to get together once a month for coffee, knitting, and photography (or “playing cameras” as she puts it). We talked a little bit yesterday about how…

  • Would you rather climb a mountain or run a marathon?

    Whenever I publish a post on this blog the confirmation page offers three writing prompts for the next blog post. I kind of think this is an engineering fail because why in the world would I need a writing prompt when I’m done writing? I would need it before I start writing. However, this question grabbed my…