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.

  • Family ghosts found

    A year and a half (how has it been that long?!?) I wrote about an old Graveyard near where I live where my cousins are buried. I wrote a little about it in that post. Before I moved here I had no idea that my uncle lived in Sandy in the sixties. We used to…

  • Vice

    Like everyone else in my family I enjoy a drink now and then. I come from a very Catholic family and Catholics like to drink. At least in my mind they do. Maybe this is just my family and not the reality. Regardless, I grew up around adults who drank (this included the Priest at…

  • Someone Who Has Influenced the Way I See the World

    love – Photo by Moyan Brenn. I’ve thought about this a lot lately. Obviously, there are many people who have shaped me into who I am today. One person who answered this question on Plinky mentioned that they are influenced by everyone they meet and I would have to agree with that completely. Everyone I come into contact…

  • My Dad vs. The Six Million Dollar Man.

    Steve Austin vs. Inspector Gadget (338/365). Photo by JD Hancock. When I was a kid my brother and I were really into the television shows, “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman” (I’m probably showing my age here). There were dolls that went along with these shows and we owned them and loved them.…

  • My first job: Baskin Robbins

    My first job was counter girl at Baskin Robbins. It was actually a pretty great job. I was a Sophomore  at Rogers High when I started there and worked there off and on during high school. My friends would visit me at work and I would give them free ice cream. The memory that sticks…