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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  • Describe the last time you got truly lost.

    Sky Walker I can’t recall having ever gotten truly lost, where I couldn’t at least intuit my way out of the situation. I know that there were times when I was a toddler and I would wander away from my mom at the grocery store. I still can hear my mom crying out my name…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    Father’s Day is Sunday. So here is a photo of my dad and me, along with my Stepmom. This was taken, I believe, in 1995. I was 26. The next time I am tempted to get my hair cut short please remind me to look at this photo (not a good look for me AT…

  • Geocaching Adventures

    “Do you want to go find this geocache with me? It’s only a block away. C’mon, it’ll just be a few minutes.” I regret saying those words. Let me back up a bit. On Saturday there was a group teaching geocaching in our library’s meeting room. The person teaching the class chatted with me about…

  • The Awesome List, revisited

    Oh Look! I found these  posts from a few years ago: 100 things to do before I go. Unfortunately I only made it to 40. I thought it might be fun to revisit these. . 1. Visit Pompeii – yep. Still very fascinated. I will visit someday.  2. Visit Florence and it’s museums – Yes, yes,…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    Our 15 year anniversary is tomorrow so I thought, for Wayback Wednesday, I would post a photo of the Mister and I in our younger days. This might be the oldest photo of us together that I have. There is no date on the photo, but I am thinking it was taken in October of…