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

  • The thin time of year

    Saturday’s blog post left me with all sorts of emotions and weirdness. I need to get it off of my home screen. I am not in the mood to write lately so here is a photo for you. I took this at Portland’s Japanese Gardens a few weeks ago. I’ve been doing very well with…

  • The Steam Clock

    Originally posted on Pinhole Obscura: I was determined to visit as many Atlas Obscura places as I could on my vacation to Vancouver B.C. I managed three. One of the three was the Steam Clock in Gastown. Funded by the neighborhood merchants, it was built 1n 1977 as a monument to the city’s first downtown…

  • another oldie

    came up on my ipod this morning. I love this song. it kind of suits my mood on this rainy, dreary day. (note to self: take Vitamin D).

  • Christ, Mohamed, Buddha.

    Christ is the one who saved me From myself But not from his followers. Mohamed came to me once In a Denny’s late at night And made me question The existence of Christ. Buddha arrived During the time of grieving And invited me in With a gentle voice That told me to Sit down Shut…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: from lines to patterns

    I think I might be a little late in the game for this (last?) week’s WordPress photo challenge. But here it is anyway. I took this with my pinhole camera in Seattle earlier this month. I am humbled that it made Explore on Flickr. That is always a nice (if not mystifying) ego boost.