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

  • Wisdom from Ms. Joplin

    “Tommorrow never happens, man. It’s all the same fucking day, man.  So you gotta, when you wanna  hold somebody you gotta hold ’em like it’s the last minute of your life.” -Janis Joplin. Ball and Chain (Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits)  

  • Cannonball Read IV Book 2: The Misfits by James Howe

    “This business of really knowing people, deep down, including your own self, it is not something you can learn in school or from a book. It takes your whole being to do it—your eyes and your ears, your brain and your heart. Maybe your heart most of all. —Bobby Goodspeed” This is the story of…

  • Reservoir 1

    Reservoir 1

    I can’t think of anything interesting to write about today so here is a photo I took this past weekend. Raf and I are doing the tourist thing lately. We bought a book called “The Portland Stairs Book” and decided to try one of them. This is Reservoir 1 at Mt. Tabor. We didn’t do…

  • Stop SOPA

    Stop SOPA

    More info here.

  • Snow Shoeing at Trillium Lake

    As I mentioned, we went snowshoeing yesterday. The second time for me and Raf. The first time was almost four years ago. We had a fantastic time and I don’t know why I waited so long to do this. Mt. Hood is practically in my backyard. Seriously, it only takes about about 30 minutes to…