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: Health and Fitness

An ongoing fascination.

  • Dogs

    For a week I’ve been looking forward to getting over this cold so I could try my hand at running outside around our neighborhood. The weather is finally warm enough in the morning to get outside. I am so sick of running on the treadmill. It is extremelly boring. Well, I didn’t even get two…

  • Bloomsday times

    Raf: 2:01:13 Me: 2:01:14 We made better time than I thought!

  • Bloomsday. A day in pictures.

    I made it back alive! Here are some pictures. We walked down to the race from our house. It was actually a really quick walk and I was surprised. Walking into the downtown area I saw this shop. I was really quite repulsed by it, for some reason. But I thought I’d take a picture…

  • vegetarianism revisited

    This post at the Tattered Coat is very thought provoking. Stomach-churning, yes, but also very thought provoking. Especially for me as I’ve been contemplating going vegetarian lately. Again. Since I’ve moved back to Spokane I’ve fallen into the clutches of The Belly Buster, a Zip’s Hamburger classic. I was able to cut myself off from…

  • Dolphins

    I had an awesome run this morning. I was running on the beach near my house and I saw a pod (? what’s a group of dolphins) of dolphins swimming around. there was also a sea lion swimming around, too. And, I practially had the beach to myself, which is always nice. Oh, and my…