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 2012

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

    When I saw this week’s photo challenge on the Daily Post, this image instantly popped into my head. It was taken on Christmas Eve 2006. I knitted that scarf for my mom and this is the moment she opened her present. I LOVE this picture. The looks on my mom’s and step-dad’s faces, this is…

  • Drum Circles, and other random thoughts

    Last night I went to a solstice celebration.  We arranged ourselves in a circle and one by one we walked up to an altar and lit a  candle. Then we took a percussion instrument from a basket and went back to our seat where we joined the drumming started by Susie, the officiator. The room…

  • Wayback Wednesday

      Good god, this is a scary Santa.

  • Daily Prompt: Hate To Love

    WordPress Daily Post asks: Tell us about a guilty pleasure that you hate to love. Oh dear. I can’t believe I am going to post this. But my guilty pleasure is the show Ghost Adventures. I KNOW! Embarrassing. I usually only watch it while drinking. The thing is, I really like scary things. I am a…

  • A visit to Pittock Mansion

    The Mister and I decided yesterday to go to Pittock Mansion. I had heard that it was really cool to see during the holidays all bedecked with Christmas paraphernalia. As we walked around, things took a turn for the creepy. Behold, a christmas wreath made of….   baby doll heads? Are those baby doll heads?!?…