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.

  • Wayback Wednesday

    One of my Flickr/blogger/twitter/instagram/real-life friends started posting these on Flickr and Instagram and I think it’s fun! So much that I am stealing the idea for my blog. Wayback Wednesday! I plan to raid my mom’s photo albums when I visit her in Spokane in a couple of  weeks. Here is a photo of me…

  • Vacation From Hell

    Plinky asks me to recall a memorable family vacation. Oh boy. There were lots of them. I am looking outside now and watching the flash-flood rain fall from the sky and I remember all the times we went camping and it would, inevitably rain on us. However, I think the most memorable, and horrible, of…

  • 43

    43

    Today is my birthday. I am going to spend it at the Portland Art Museum, enjoying art. Then I’m going to the Downtown Library to finally get my Multnomah County Library card. I told a friend at work that I hadn’t yet been inside the downtown library and she was absolutely shocked and insisted I…

  • A very busy day

    A very busy day

    Today was opening day of the new/old library! I wanted to write more about this but I don’t have much time.  I have a whole gallery of photos to post which I will do tomorrow.  My new desk is very busy. Busier than I am used to.  It is situated next to both the kid’s room…

  • The House I Grew Up In

    In the four years I lived in Spokane (when I moved back as an adult) I only visited my childhood home once. Raf and I were shopping at Target in the Spokane Valley and we were looking for something to do so he said, “let’s go on a tour of Monica’s childhood.” So I drove…