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

  • http://instagram.com/p/dUy3FVILNN/ One of the laws of the universe is that all library holds come at the same time. This is what arrived for me today at my own library. I am also working slowly through four books. I am also feeling a need to do some creative writing and just general de-cluttering of the brain.…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    I haven’t done a Wayback Wednesday in ages. I left off with my great grandmother, Barbara Vakoc. Here she is again, second in from the right. She is standing with my great grandfather, Edward Schneberger. I am told that his brother is the other man in this photo and that this is his brother’s wedding.…

  • Timberline Lodge

    I visit Timberline Lodge often and it is near and dear to my heart. I knew, when I started playing around with pinhole photography, that I wanted it to be the subject of some pinhole photographs. Apparently I visited Timberline lodge when I was younger but I have no memory of it at all. So…

  • Choose love.

    I’ve mentioned before that I am going through the exercises in the book “How to Train a Wild Elephant & other adventures in mindfulness” with my meditating friends. Some of the exercises have been more powerful than others. I wrote about my media fast last year, which was very eye-opening. A few months ago we…

  • Summer is fading away and it makes me a little sad.