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.

  • those little hearts

    When I was a nanny in Menlo Park, California (many years ago) the family that I worked for had a little white cat named Rajah. A month after I started they brought her home when she was a just a wee little kitten. All white with a black spot on her head and green eyes.…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    For today’s Wayback Wednesday, I found a couple of old photos of my Uncle Will from the 1970s. Here he is with my Aunt Erna. I am looking at this and wondering if they are my age in this photo. That thought kind of freaks me out for some reason. I guess because when this…

  • The bond I had with my Uncle Will.

    In July of 2009 I applied for a job at a library in a small town 30 miles east of Portland that I had driven through once. I came here to interview and was delighted with the place and with the people who interviewed me. Lucky for me, the feeling was mutual. When I told…

  • Six word saturday

    I’m gonna see what tomorrow brings.

  • Here we go again.

    I am going through a difficult time emotionally. There I said it. I admitted it. I found out a couple of weeks ago that my uncle (the one with the sweet ride) has lung cancer. He is not a candidate for chemotherapy so all that can be done is to wait. God damn it. This…