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: March 2013

  • Wayback Wednesday

    When I was in 4th – 6th grade I was in a rotary track club. (am in the one in the yellow shoes, hunched over). It turns out, I was a very speedy sprinter. I was never good at distances, and still am not. But I totally kicked ass as a sprinter. I loved the…

  • Tell me how you felt about math

    I am the most right-brained person you will ever meet. I think in metaphors and pictures. I feel.  I perceive. I don’t think. This is how I navigate the world around me. This is how it has always been and how it will always be forevermore. Imagine a person like me in math. It was…

  • A Conversation

    Scene: Moni is doing housework and “Harlem Shake” comes up on Raf’s Spotify playlist. Moni: I feel like I am being implanted with a secret message from the goverment when I hear this song. Raf: I know. There is something very hypnotic about it. Moni: It terrifies me when they say “El” over and over.…

  • Skateboarders on the steps of Musée d’Orsay

    I got a roll of Paris film developed this week and, sigh. It made me relive my short trip this past September. The roll that was developed was taken on our last day there. We spent the day at both the Louvre and Musee d’Orsay and then we decided to walk the Champs-Élysées so we…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: lost in the details

    I love, love, love details in photography. I love taking my camera with me on a walk through the forest and capturing the tiniest, minutest details. I love how it makes me look more closely at things, underneath the surface. Here is a photo I took of moss on a tree during a rainy day…