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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  • Just what I needed to read. At this very moment.

    I was doing my daily rounds of blog reading yesterday and I stumbled on this blog post at Zen Habits (a great blog, btw). One of the readers of Zen Habits was able to see the Dalai Lama in Seattle and he took notes to send along to Leo so he could post them. Wow.…

  • Thanks Dianne

    My friend, Dianne from both Dianne’s Dishes and Daffodil Lane gave me a blog of distinction award! It totally made my day. So, I need to pass the honor on to three other blogs. This is very hard because I am a very picky blog reader. I don’t subscribe to a lot of blogs so…

  • Hello!

    Well. It has been quite a while since I posted, hasn’t it? I’ve had quite a busy week. Here are the highlights: I got sick last weekend with a cold and have been fighting all week. It looks like it’s on its way out. Yay! I went to a librarian conference in Vancouver, WA. The…

  • 100 things to do before I go. 20-40

    And the list continues. Two weeks later! 20. Serve on the Caldecott Medal committee. 21. Write a Newberry Award winning book. 22. Learn to play piano. 23. Witness the Aurora Borealis. 24. Travel to Mt. Everest Base-camp. 25. Go on a Yoga or a Zen Meditation retreat in India. 26. Go to Tokyo. 27. Donate…

  • My week in bullets

    I’ve had kind of an interesting week. Here are the highlights: I went to my first massage therapy appointment on Monday. Admittedly, I was extremely nervous about it. I came very close to canceling it. But it turned out to be a good thing. I don’t know why I didn’t start sooner. I definitely need…