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: 2012

  • The Awesome List, revisited

    Oh Look! I found these  posts from a few years ago: 100 things to do before I go. Unfortunately I only made it to 40. I thought it might be fun to revisit these. . 1. Visit Pompeii – yep. Still very fascinated. I will visit someday.  2. Visit Florence and it’s museums – Yes, yes,…

  • Tri-x

    Tri-x

    Finally, after getting the color film out of the way, I tried the Tri-x. As you might recall, I had a mishap with this film in my 35mm camera. I ended up making a mistake with the 120 roll, as well. I metered the entire roll of film at the wrong ISO. SIGH. However, when…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    Our 15 year anniversary is tomorrow so I thought, for Wayback Wednesday, I would post a photo of the Mister and I in our younger days. This might be the oldest photo of us together that I have. There is no date on the photo, but I am thinking it was taken in October of…

  • A dorky thing that I drew on my iPad

    I am sick and don’t have the energy to post anything substantial. But here is a silly doodley thing I made the other day in my iPad. I am having fun with art apps. My favorite is Paper but this one is the terribly-named Procreate. This particular one is nice because there are a multitude…

  • Hands

    Hands

    In my meditation group we are reading, “How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness” by Jan Chozen Bays. Each week we are reading a chapter and then during the week we do the mindfulness exercise. It has been really eye-opening and I’ve already learned lots about myself. I should be blogging…