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

  • On the Destruction of the OWS Library and The attack on UC Davis students

    A couple of weeks ago I blogged about how stoked I was that libraries are sprouting within the Occupy Movement, most notably, the Occupy Wall Street People’s Library. A couple of days ago the People’s Library was  destroyed by NYC police officers at the order of Mayor Bloomberg. NYC police destroyed a public library. Honestly, I don’t…

  • Friday Random 10 – favorite songs edition

    It’s FRIDAY! Let’s get it started, shall we? Time for another Friday Random 10. 1. Colours. Grouplove. This has been on my current playlist and I like it a lot. Video is kinda odd, though. 2. Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. This is one of my all time favorite…

  • On waterfalls and not giving a f*ck

      Last night at my meditation group we read a passage from Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind* called Nirvana And The Waterfall. Suzuki presents an image of a waterfall at Yosemite National Park: The highest one there is 1,340 feet high, and from it the water comes down like a curtain thrown from the top of…

  • in the forest

  • playing cameras

    I can’t believe it has already been a year since Preita moved to Vancouver and we started hanging out with each other on a regular basis. We’ve been trying to get together once a month for coffee, knitting, and photography (or “playing cameras” as she puts it). We talked a little bit yesterday about how…