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.

Category: Books, Music, Art, Movies

That’s entertainment.

  • still here

    I’ve been kind of in a fog, blogwise, the past few days. Just haven’t had any motivation to post. Or maybe it’s time. I don’t know. It’s summer and I am enjoying the outdoors at the moment. I discovered the book, Kurt Cobain’s Journals today. A patron came in looking for it and we had…

  • Charlotte Sometimes

    I finished reading Charlotte Sometimes (the 1969 edition) while on a short little overnight camping trip a couple of weeks ago. I found out about this book on the PUBYAC listserv. It was actually a Stumper, the librarian who asked the question giving details about a later edition of the book and not recognizing it…

  • Elsewhere

    Amanda reminded me that I should be blogging some of the memorable books that I’ve been reading lately. And there have been a few, if you like Y.A. One of the best books I have read recently has been Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin. It is about a girl who wakes up one morning and finds…

  • A melody softly soaring through my atomosphere.

    I love this album (Death Cab for Cutie’s, “Plans”). I was lured to it by the song “Soul Meets Body.” I was just listening to it on my iPod and couldn’t help singing along with the tune. Raf came into the room and asked “were you singing?” Like, he was hearing things or something. But…

  • Book Meme

    I wasn’t actually tagged for this, but it looks like it’s fun so I’m going to steal it from Jennifer at Brewer Burns (which is a cool little blog BTW. I suggest you go read her! She is a fellow Spokanite and very funny). Book Meme! 1. Copy & paste. 2. Bold the ones you’ve…