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: Life

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  • Now I know what inspired The Birds

    Did you know that Hitchcock had a home in Scotts Valley? It’s true. Scotts Valley is a mere hop away from Santa Cruz and the Coast. Apparently he was very fond of his second home here. I say this because I am convinced, since he lived in the area, that his movie, The Birds, had…

  • Jungle

    Hmmm…I’ve been remiss in putting up my photos this week. Here is a pic of the jungle in my backyard. Let’s call this a “before” picture. I’m going to dedicate lots of time cleaning it up. It has gotten waaaay out of control this winter. It’s rained every weekend and I haven’t been able to…

  • Jesus on the Half-Pipe

    The New York Times > Travel > Escapes > Jesus on the Half-Pipe Interesting little NYT article about evangelical sk8 boarders. This is how I met my husband, at Skate Church. I had a friend who was a “counselor” there and he invited me one night. My husband (and his two brothers) were avid skaters…

  • More on “the neighboor”

    Well, I don’t know if I feel so bad about our neighboor getting kicked out now…. When I got home from work Raf told me that our landlord called and told him to put in writing all of the problems that we had with our neighbor and her psycho friends. She told him that it’s…

  • The wierdness continues

    Strange happenings are going on at my apartment, as I’ve written about before. Well, it continues. This morning I got up at my usual time, around 5:30ish (well, maybe it was more like 5:45) and went into the living room to do my excercise tape that I do every morning. When I went in there…