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.

  • MERRY CHRISTMAS!

    This holiday season I am sending loving kindness to everyone who reads this blog. Thank you so very much for reading and visiting my little corner of the intertubes. I am grateful for every single one of you. May you be happy. May you be well. May you be safe. May you live with ease.

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

    When I saw this week’s photo challenge on the Daily Post, this image instantly popped into my head. It was taken on Christmas Eve 2006. I knitted that scarf for my mom and this is the moment she opened her present. I LOVE this picture. The looks on my mom’s and step-dad’s faces, this is…

  • Wayback Wednesday

      Good god, this is a scary Santa.

  • Daily Prompt: Hate To Love

    WordPress Daily Post asks: Tell us about a guilty pleasure that you hate to love. Oh dear. I can’t believe I am going to post this. But my guilty pleasure is the show Ghost Adventures. I KNOW! Embarrassing. I usually only watch it while drinking. The thing is, I really like scary things. I am a…

  • Soapbox

    As you have most likely heard, there was a school shooting today. You might have also heard about the shooting at Clackamas Town Center in the Portland area on Tuesday. I have been trying to process this event all week because Clackamas Town Center is the mall I shop at. I go there all the…