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.

Tag: 100 days 2015

I am posting something on my blog every day from September 22 until December 31.

  • I really don’t know what to say today. I feel like my words are empty. I have no words. I really just want to extend my love to those all over the world who have suffered  these past few days. It’s been a rough few days. May you be happy. May you be healthy. May…

  • You are the reason I am a vegetarian – a triptych

    I talked a little bit about the weekend I had my epiphany about eating animals after visiting the State Fair. The day before the State Fair visit we went on a local tour of farms. One of the farms we visited also raised cattle for food, these specific cattle, actually. I made friends with this…

  • Sees Bush Move, Shoots Friend

    I have this deep need to figure out, and tell, my Great-Grandfather’s story. I would like to be more organized about this and, currently, I am not at all. I only have little bits and pieces that have been collected here and there. Here is a newspaper clipping my sister found a few months ago,…

  • Oneonta Gorge – Columbia Gorge, Oregon

    Oneonta Gorge – Columbia Gorge, Oregon

    Originally posted on Pinhole Obscura: The Columbia Gorge of Washington State and Oregon is an amazingly beautiful place. It is carved by the Columbia river and separates the two states. The waterfalls that I have featured here on this blog come from the glaciers of Mt. Hood, which towers over the Gorge. I have lived…

  • A pinhole view of Seattle’s Gum Wall

    The iconic Gum Wall of Seattle is being cleaned today so I thought, in it’s honor, I would re-post a blog I wrote at Pinhole Obscura a couple of years ago. Enjoy! The Gum Wall of Seattle. This is, at once   disgusting and captivating. According to Wikipedia it started in the early nineties when…