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

It’s mostly what this blog’s about.

  • Choose love.

    I’ve mentioned before that I am going through the exercises in the book “How to Train a Wild Elephant & other adventures in mindfulness” with my meditating friends. Some of the exercises have been more powerful than others. I wrote about my media fast last year, which was very eye-opening. A few months ago we…

  • On becoming a Buddhist (thinking outloud)

    The other day I finally made it into a popular bookstore in Portland, New Renaissance. It’s a really cool place, full of what some would call “new age” books but others might call spiritual (as opposed to religious). As I was wandering around I had my antennae up and was gauging how different sections of…

  • Happy birthday Doug

    Today is my stepdad, Doug’s birthday. I’ve really been missing him a lot lately. I miss our conversations and I miss his funny stories. Here is a photo of him and and mom around the time they first met. I love this photo of them. I love the smiles on both of their faces. The…

  • I’m OK and you’re OK. So they say.

    “I have always felt an innate sense that everything will be ok.” A friend of mine said this to me last night and it hit me rather hard – there are people out there who have this gift. They have the sense, the deep sense at the core of their being that everything is ok.…

  • Today as I was getting ready for work I looked in the mirror at myself and, for the first time in my life, I admired my soft, womanly curves. It was nice to look at myself and not be critical.