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.

  • 38

    Today is my birthday. And I can’t believe I’m 38 years old. Where has all of the time gone? I got a card and a strawberry shortcake at work. In my card, someone was kind enough to say, “Happy 23rd birthday, Monica!” Awww! That was so nice. I have kind of a busy day planned.…

  • Hi

    Just thought I’d pop in and say hello. I don’t have anything bloggable at the moment going on, so that’s why it’s been kind of quiet the past few days. I have been feeling really good mentally, though. I feel like myself again, thank goodness. Thanks for all of the good thoughts. It has really…

  • Raw Space

    I want to say a hugemungous THANK YOU to Cathi, Karma, and Susan. It really makes things better knowing people are there, sending good thoughts my way. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m feeling better. I felt a little more like myself yesterday and that was good. I just came back from Raw Space.…

  • depression

    I have been really, really struggling with depression lately. I’ve never felt it this bad before. I have certainly had my depressed moments, as anyone who has read this blog for any amount of time has concluded, but this more recent bout has been really difficult. The past couple of days I have felt like…

  • Snow! and LOTS of it

    We got some SNOW last night. Seriously. We got LOTS of snow. I tried to take pictures that could capture the amount of snow we got but I don’t know if I did. It was so deep that when I walked down the path to the garage (which I am so happy to have, btw)…