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 Sound of Summer Fireworks Under the Overpass*

    The Sound of Summer Fireworks Under the Overpass*

    Under the overpass I lay here only just breathing In the dark The sound of the nearby creek Tickles my ear and I want to crawl toward the sound to the Cool water But all of my bones are broken. “This will be my Last Summer” I think As I lay dying And then I…

  • Pinholing myself and others

    I am drawn toward pinhole photographing people, myself included. I am fascinated with what might happen on film when movement is blurred for longer periods of time. Maybe a person will show up on the film. Maybe they won’t. If they do show up, how will it happen? In the photo above I used my…

  • Six Word Saturday

    “(we need to) Learn to be still at will.” – quote of the day from a library patron.

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow

    I thought doing a weekly photo challenge would spark me out of my blogging ennui. This week’s challenge is foreshadow. I felt like it was kind of a vague but  I went through my Flickr archive to see if anything jumped out at me. And this is what jumped out. This is a photo that…

  • Today as I was getting ready for work I looked in the mirror at myself and, for the first time in my life, I admired my soft, womanly curves. It was nice to look at myself and not be critical.