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

  • Family ghosts found

    A year and a half (how has it been that long?!?) I wrote about an old Graveyard near where I live where my cousins are buried. I wrote a little about it in that post. Before I moved here I had no idea that my uncle lived in Sandy in the sixties. We used to…

  • Bridges

    Bridges

    Afterwards we went for a walk along the river and took photos. It was kind of a cloudy day so everything I took has a depressing quality to it. Preita and I were talking about her 365 self-portrait project. She has been keeping it going for a few years and I’ve enjoyed it’s progression through…

  • Vice

    Like everyone else in my family I enjoy a drink now and then. I come from a very Catholic family and Catholics like to drink. At least in my mind they do. Maybe this is just my family and not the reality. Regardless, I grew up around adults who drank (this included the Priest at…

  • The Sliding Glass Door

    R and I received in the mail yesterday a book that we both had a hand in the development of. The Sliding Glass Door by Scott Poole. R designed the cover of the book and I took the author’s photo. I wrote a little bit about it, vaguely, in April when I went to Live…

  • Someone Who Has Influenced the Way I See the World

    love – Photo by Moyan Brenn. I’ve thought about this a lot lately. Obviously, there are many people who have shaped me into who I am today. One person who answered this question on Plinky mentioned that they are influenced by everyone they meet and I would have to agree with that completely. Everyone I come into contact…