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: Writing

Writing exercises that I feel brave enough to post here.

  • Tell me how you felt about math

    I am the most right-brained person you will ever meet. I think in metaphors and pictures. I feel.  I perceive. I don’t think. This is how I navigate the world around me. This is how it has always been and how it will always be forevermore. Imagine a person like me in math. It was…

  • Teach Me Something That is Deep In Your Bones

    How to read stories to a group of children. First of all, DO NOT be afraid of them. They can detect fear like nobody’s business and if you are afraid then they will either be afraid also, or they will use that fear against you to manipulate you. Leave all fear at the door. Instead,…

  • A couple of firsts.

    Tell me how you first learned to read. I am remembering the day I read a book the entire way through all by myself. It was the book, The Summerfolk by Doris Burn*. I was by myself and I seem to recall books on the floor all around me. The house was very quiet. Most…

  • Daily Prompt: Hate To Love

    WordPress Daily Post asks: Tell us about a guilty pleasure that you hate to love. Oh dear. I can’t believe I am going to post this. But my guilty pleasure is the show Ghost Adventures. I KNOW! Embarrassing. I usually only watch it while drinking. The thing is, I really like scary things. I am a…

  • Rewrite your first post

    I am using the daily prompt from yesterday: Now that you’ve got some blogging experience under your belt, re-write your very first post. First, I want to take this opportunity to say that my blog is going to be TEN YEARS OLD on January 27, 2013. I am cooking up something in celebration and I…