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

  • April Postcard Exchange 

    April Postcard Exchange 

    The April postcard exchange is officially live! We are exchanging postcard sized prints of our original photography that you either print traditionally in a darkroom, or that you print on an inkjet printer. If you would like to be notified of future swaps fill out the form here. Postcards featured in this post were made by…

  • “Understanding someone’s suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love’s other name. If you don’t understand, you don’t love.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Love

    Today’s image is from the latest results of the Great Transatlantic Pinhole Filmswap Project. This is one of those serendipitous film swap photos that make me remember why I love doing these. I am not very fond of this self portrait of me, but I am sharing it here because today I need the reminder…

  • Kindness

    I put out a call for favorite poems on Facebook today and a friend of mine shared this one that I’ve never read before. I am very touched by it.  I hope you like it too. Read the full text here.

  • A good day

    Here is a pinhole photo I took a couple of weeks ago, Actually the same day I took the Happy Hour photo from last week. There was something about the way the light was shining. The grassy field, the weather, the temperature, and the dandelions. It was a good day. ———————– Camera: Zero 2000 Film:…