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

  • Six Word Saturday

    Pick one book for intergalactic museum.

  • Things found in books

    While moving we handled eleventy-billion books and in the process found all sorts of interesting things inside of them. At the end of the day I arranged them and took a photo. Here is a gallery of some of the things we found. I am thinking about making this a regular thing on my blog.…

  • We read the shit out of that book

    For the past year my meditation group has been reading Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. It’s been the perfect book for this sort of setting. The chapters are short. We have enough time after zazen to read one out loud and then discuss it. Many times we would read a chapter and be like, “huh?” It…

  • still at it.

    still at it.

  • My favorite author

    Plinky asks a great question! Who are my all-time favorite authors? This is a hard question to answer as a lover of literature. However, when this is asked of me the one author that pops into my head is Edith Wharton. I love her. I love that she is  a subversive Jane Austen. Jane Austen…