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

  • Thoughts on Facebook

    It seems like every few months I go through a period of time where I want to cut myself from the tether that is  Facebook.  Today is one of those days. I have a love/hate relationship with the social media website. Well, love might be too strong a word. Maybe it’s more like tolerate/hate. On…

  • Wayback Wednesday: that day on Lake Pend O’Reille

    A few months ago I had a conversation with my niece on Facebook. It was her 21st birthday and, apart from that making me feel old, I was remarking on how long it had been since I had seen her. I recalled that the last time I saw her was in 1997 when I was…

  • Lady with a walker

    Taken in Spokane. Original version here. I like the square crop better. What is it about the square that is so appealing? I don’t really know. But I like it very much.

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Unfocused

    I played around with the Holgaroid again today. I am still trying to get the hang of it. The photos tend to come out underexposed. And I’m really not sure about that crazy vignette. I still want to play around with image transfer, though. That is the whole reason why I got it. The theme…

  • 24 hour church of Elvis

    What a beautiful, fabulous day! The sun was actually shining! After our usual weekend trail run, Raf and I decided to head into Portland. He wanted to show me the 24 Hour Church Of Elvis. It’s really kind of silly, and certainly weird. I snapped an iPhone photo of it (above). It’s probably the result…