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.

  • Running on the Beach

    I am thinking, right now, about how I used to run in my Seabright neighborhood in the early mornings. I would run down Seabright Avenue by my favorite house, the one with the lovely big front porch. I would run by the cat sleeping on the fence. I would run by the shops down the…

  • Blue skies and little brothers

    This is something I wrote about yesterday and what the hell. I thought I’d share. I need blog fodder. This is one of my earliest memories. I must have been about 5 years old. One day my younger brother and I were playing on the hearth of the fireplace. We had a hearth that sat…

  • 25 things about me.

    I didn’t mention on my blog that I joined Facebook. I did! I am already stalking most of you who read this blog. But if I somehow didn’t track you down and you want to be Facebook friends you can find me here. My Sister-in-law tagged me on Facebook for this meme. I’ve done a…

  • thoughts on turning 40

    note: One of the things I am trying to do is write everyday. To make things easier for me I’m doing my daily writing here on my blog space. Most of these posts will be private, but some of them I think I will just go ahead and post. It’s all a bunch of rambling…

  • Good Riddance 2008.

    Let’s just face it. 2008 sucked. Big time. And not just for me, it sucked for almost everyone I know. I am so ready to just move on. But first, I thought I would take a look back at the past year. Let’s look at the laundry list of suckage, if you will. The bad…