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: Books

  • Media Fast: Day One

    In my sangha we are going through the book, “How To Train A Wild Elephant & Other Adventures In Mindfulness” by Jan Chozen. This week’s excercise is a media fast: For one week, do no take in any media. This includes news media, social media, and entertainment. Do not listen to radio, iPod, or CDs,…

  • On Social Proof

    On Social Proof

    I am reading a fascinating book called, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. One of the chapters is about Social Proof. This is when groups of people decide to do something – or decide not to do something – because the group is doing it or not doing it. One of the examples…

  • Tell about your favorite book, why it is your favorite, and how it has influenced you.

        I quoted Kurt Vonnegut in a post from a couple of weeks ago. Here, I’ll just post it again (’cause it’s awesome):   “The arts are not a way of making a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly,…

  • Plinky Prompt: recent reads

    Plinky asks, “What have you been reading lately?” Funny you should ask, Plinky! Because I am currently in a dystopian novel reading frenzy right now. I am doing a presentation on the genre next week and there are a couple of novels I would like to finish up before the presentation. Today I will finish “The…

  • Plinky Prompt: Name your top 5 writers

    Favorite Writers 1. Cormic McCarthy 2. Jess Walters 3. Ian Mcewan 4. Margarat Atwood 5. Jennifer Egan So are we talking people who are still alive? Cause that’s what popped into my mind when I wrote those. There so, so many authors that are my favorites. I could never write down just five. Here are…