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.

  • the answer

    After a few days of staying away from the news and getting some distance from the horrible news story on Saturday, I’ve realized the answer to my question. It came as a result of watching this video: Keith Olberman pretty much sums up everything I’ve been thinking about the situation very eloquently and succinctly. He…

  • On the assassination attempt of Congresswoman Giffords

    I haven’t written anything political on this blog for a very long time but today I’m very upset. Yesterday the Democratic Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head at close range, along with several other people, six of them killed. One of them being a 9 year old child. Am I jumping the gun…

  • In which I read you a story

    I picked up The Amazing Bone yesterday and read it again. And, again, I can’t get over how disturbing this book is. So I thought I’d read it to you. As a Christmas gift? The video is a little bit long. So go make yourself a nice cup of tea and be ready to settle…

  • Highlights

    Highlights

    I’ve been spending some time updating the photos on older blog posts and have been enjoying the walk down memory lane. Some of these old posts document some really great quotes I’ve heard from random people over the years. Here are a few highlights: “I died in Spring and was resurrected in Winter.” – guy…

  • I take after my Granny Mary, Pt. 2

    One warm Summer night, when I was still living in Spokane, at a family barbeque at my mom’s house, my mom tells us that my uncle found a cassette tape in a desk drawer and he didn’t know what to do with it so he gave it to my mom. She came home and popped…