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: Barack Obama

  • Current Event Wednesday: Iowa

    The big news today are the Iowa caucuses. It doesn’t seem possible that we are here already! 2004 seems like yesterday. Remember Howard Dean? What an exciting and hopeful time that was! I find this time around to be pretty exciting, too. I really like all of the candidates (of course we’re talking democrats here).…

  • Kerry’s DNC speech, revisited

    I’ve been spending some time burning cd’s for various people this morning. One of those cd’s has Barack Obama and Kerry’s speeches at the DNC for my mom. I’m sitting here listening to Kerry’s speech again. It really is fantastic. It’s a great speech. It is so hopeful and positive. Listening to him, I can…

  • I’m John Kerry and I’m reporting for duty”

    John Kerry’s Speech – Democratic National Convention Official Site This was another fantastic speech. Even better than Obama’s. This speech was full of hope and stressed the unification of our nation. Click the link above to go listen. Here is a snip: “You see that flag up there. We call her Old Glory. The stars…