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.

  • “Random Song Lyric Photo Title” playlist

    One of the things I am trying to think about when I make a photo is the storytelling element. I think the title is one of the very important elements in the storytelling that goes on in photography. The viewer doesn’t have much else to go on, there is the title and then there is the…

  • In honor of World Poetry Day…

    In honor of World Poetry Day…

    Last week I felt the kind of ache in my heart that can only be soothed by writing. I thought of Pablo Neruda and his beautiful, heart-breakingly sad poem and decided to record myself reading it. I learned a few minutes ago that today is World Poetry Day. I can’t think of a better thing…

  • Note to self: watch this later.

  • Excellent

    I love it when this song randomly plays on my iTunes. it makes me happy and it’s a nice song to have stuck in my head.

  • A Thermals interlude

    I am scanning negatives and listening to music right now. The Thermals song, “I might need you to kill” came on and everytime I hear it I laugh that they rhyme “feel” with “bill” (Only in the Pacific Northwest. Also: I might be a bit of a linguistics nerd). I wanted to find the video…