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: Random

Just random crap. Foolish gibberish.

  • Minimum Wage and Eastern Washingon

    I stumbled across an article in the New York Times this morning that addresses a local issue (which is also a national issue); The Minimum Wage. In Washington the Minimum Wage is the highest in the Nation at $7.93. The article is about people from Western Idaho crossing the State Line to work in Eastern…

  • New Year Meme

    Dianne tagged me for a fun meme! here are the rules: Copy the first sentence(s) from the first blog post you made each month. Provide explanatory context if needed. How fun! Okay, here it goes: January 1st 2006: “Okay, as I mentioned yesterday, I wanted to post my goals for 2006 today.” I like to…

  • A post about nothing

    I feel compelled to post. But I really don’t have anything witty, snarky, or brilliant to say. I just feel compelled to post. Maybe it is just to say hello. I cleaned out my desk yesterday. Let me back up a bit by saying that my husband and I are going through an “organizing” phase.…

  • Okay. I feel kind of bad now.

    My last post was really rather bitchy. And I apologize. Actually, as I am learning more and more about it, it does seem like this windstorm is a bigger deal than I previously thought. The Western side of Washington and Oregon really are getting the brunt of the storm. Spokane’s situation really pales in comparison.…

  • “The windstorm of 2006″

    Yes, we had a windstorm last night that knocked out our power: More than 40,000 households in the Inland Northwest remain without power following a powerful wind storm that tore across the region Thursday night and this morning. The storm brought winds gusting to 68 mph and toppled hundreds of treesm including dozens that fell…