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.

  • I voted

    And so should you.

  • The blessing of being forced to slow down

    In my last post I talked about how I injured my knee. The thing about this particular injury is that it is more inconvenient than anything else. It hurts to bend my knee for any significant period of time so I can’t do things like sit in a car for very long, or drive, or…

  • injured while sitting still

    I suppose I can jump into this blogging-every-day thing by telling you about how I hurt my knee. When I was in my early twenties I was at a club in Palo Alto, on a really terrible first date, in the middle of a mosh pit. Someone slammed into me, as it just so happens.…

  • Voodoo

    Voodoo

    The other day I toyed with the idea that perhaps I would do another “100 days of blogging” project starting November 1st. Well, it’s already November 1st and so, even thought I have absolutely nothing interesting to day and hardly any time to blog, I thought I should at least throw something up here to…

  • You make me want to pick up a guitar…

    I was listening to music this morning and this oldie popped up on iTunes: Interpol’s Slow Hands. I love this song,and this whole album for that matter. I haven’t heard it in years and years. So anyway! I sprained my knee and have been crankily hobbling around on a crutch for the past week and…