Blatherskite

Foolish gibberish

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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: Random

Just random crap. Foolish gibberish.

  • “I believe that the proper utilization of time is this: if you can, serve other people, other sentient beings. If not, at least refrain from harming them.” – The Dalai Lama

  • changes

    Yesterday, during a bout of procrastination, I found myself changing my blog theme. Here is how that went: Gets email from WordPress: “your domain ‘Transatlanticpinswap.com’ will automatically renew in 1 month.” Me: “Oh! That doesn’t even exist anymore. I need to cancel that. Goes to cancel transaction. Notices other WordPress things I’ve purchased in the…

  • “We are all going to die. Knowing one another is very precious. At the moment of death, the only thing that really matters is the condition of your heart.”                                                    …

  • Globalization of indifference

    “The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people, makes us live in soap bubbles which, however lovely, are insubstantial; they offer a fleeting and empty illusion which results in indifference to others; indeed, it even leads to the globalization of indifference. We have…

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    I found the Legend app on my phone. 😀 Quote comes from my husband, Rafael.