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.

  • this is what I did today

    All day. Only not so fast.

  • a time-lapse video of me on the circulation desk yesterday

    I downloaded an app called TimeLapse and had lots of fun with it yesterday. I am going to make one for story time too.

  • it is one of my favorite things.

    “To encounter a fine book and have the time to read it is a wonderful thing.” Goldberg, Natalie (2008-02-12). Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir (p. 32). Free Press. Kindle Edition.

  • On Planned Parenthood

    The Susan J. Komen foundation pulled its Planned Parenthood funding earlier this week (as I’m sure everyone reading this knows by now) and I am upset. Unfortunately, the controversy has turned to the fact that Planned Parenthood provides abortions to patients and away from the fact that they also provide breast exams to patients. Patients who…

  • to watermark or not to watermark?

    Photographers, what do you do? do you watermark all of your photos published on the internet? Every few months I read something like this and get a bit freaked out about people stealing my work for profit. And that doesn’t just include photography. It also includes writing. I would love to post fiction and poetry…