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.

Author: Moni

  • Sees Bush Move, Shoots Friend

    I have this deep need to figure out, and tell, my Great-Grandfather’s story. I would like to be more organized about this and, currently, I am not at all. I only have little bits and pieces that have been collected here and there. Here is a newspaper clipping my sister found a few months ago,…

  • Oneonta Gorge – Columbia Gorge, Oregon

    Oneonta Gorge – Columbia Gorge, Oregon

    Originally posted on Pinhole Obscura: The Columbia Gorge of Washington State and Oregon is an amazingly beautiful place. It is carved by the Columbia river and separates the two states. The waterfalls that I have featured here on this blog come from the glaciers of Mt. Hood, which towers over the Gorge. I have lived…

  • A pinhole view of Seattle’s Gum Wall

    The iconic Gum Wall of Seattle is being cleaned today so I thought, in it’s honor, I would re-post a blog I wrote at Pinhole Obscura a couple of years ago. Enjoy! The Gum Wall of Seattle. This is, at once   disgusting and captivating. According to Wikipedia it started in the early nineties when…

  • Pencil sketches 

    The past few days I’ve been doing simple pencil sketches in my Traveler’s Notebook while waiting for stuff or on my lunch break. I’ve really enjoyed the mental diversion. Having a notebook in the TN works well for me because I carry it with me everywhere anyway so there really is no excuse not to…

  • Running Playlist: H – I

    Happy House (The Juan Maclean) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zVKnweTSDs Harlem (New Politics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVOUTkFkMNU Heads Will Roll (Yeah yeah yeahs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auzfTPp4moA Help I’m Alive (Metric) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoK63Bk7pgw Here’s Your Future (Thermals) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsdjlPVaJU Horizons (An Horse) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUa2W68MVp0 How Do I know (Here We Go Magic) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqaMEMIBPIw i (Kendrick Lamar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aShfolR6w8 I Called Out Your Name (Thermals) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOUXNjy35VI I Feel It All…