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.

  • Adventures with GPS

    Adventures with GPS

    We decided to drive to the Coast this past Saturday. We thought we would try out the new GPS system that was given to us for Christmas to get there*. As we drove along Highway 26, ready to make the turn to get onto the Freeway (84) the GPS system told us to continue straight…

  • The Receipt

    The other day I was sitting at the table eating dinner. There was a magazine sitting in front of me, one that my mom gave me the last time I was visiting. It looked interesting; it was called something like “Secrets of the Presidents.” I opened it up to a random page. Out fell a…

  • 2009: A year that changed my life

    2009: A year that changed my life

    Here we are, another year later. It has been bittersweet. It was the best and the worst year of my life all at the same time. It has been a year that has changed me forever. Up until a month ago I would have said that this was one of the best years of my…

  • Amazing Grace

    I thought I should check in on the blog since it has been awhile and my last post was so sad and blubbery. I haven’t picked up my camera since the day my mom told me that Doug didn’t have very long to live. Almost 3 weeks. It’s weird. I don’t understand this. You’d think…

  • What happened

    What happened

    I really feel like I need to write about what happened this past week. This experience, as horrible and heartrending as it was, has changed my life in many ways. A week ago Monday I was hiking on the Salmon River. I was standing on the bank of the river with Raf and we were…