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.

  • What’s Going On

    I forgot that I used to comment on current events. I miss doing that.  Perhaps I’ll start this up again. Starting today. Violence against The PEACEFUL Occupy Oakland protesters last week really REALLY pissed me off. An Iraq War veteran, Scott Olsen was critically injured when a police projectile hit him in the head. Video…

  • NaBloPoMo 2011

    I guess I’ll do NaBloPoMo again this year. I’ve done it every year since 2006.  it would be kinda sad to just stop now. So here we go. A post everyday in November. Whee! Here are past NaBloPoMo posts: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010  I didn’t successfully post everyday for a few of those years…

  • Here’s to the crazy ones.

    Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t…

  • On retirement

    “I used to get excited about retirement. Now that I’m retired I realize I’m too old to enjoy it.” – A Library Patron.

  • you can learn lots from it.

    you can learn lots from it.

    “Come forth into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.” –William Wordsworth.