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

  • A month of love cultivation

    A month of love cultivation

    Almost exactly one month ago I started an experiment where I would do metta (AKA lovingkindness) meditation three days a week and see what would happen. During the month I also read the book: “Love 2.0” (the one that is discussed in the article I link to in my original blog post). I also discovered…

  • Miss Monica’s favorite story time books for Toddlers

    Miss Monica’s favorite story time books for Toddlers

    If you have read my “About” page you might know that during the day I am a Children’s Librarian. I’ve been doing this for 10 years and I love it. There are some days when I can’t believe I actually get paid for this because it is just so much fun. One of the things…

  • they are just opinions

    “The way to stop the war is to stop hating the enemy. It starts with seeing our opinions of ourselves and of others as simply our take on reality and not making them a reason to increase the negativity on the planet… …It’s up to us to sort out what is opinion and what is…