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: Current Events

  • culture of fear

    This caught my attention today, thanx to Cara at January One. Kazim Ali: Poet, Performer, Teacher, Yogi On April 19, after a day of teaching classes at Shippensburg University, I went out to my car and grabbed a box of old poetry manuscripts from the front seat of my little white Beetle and carried it…

  • Static from Crocs

    Thank goodness! I’m not crazy: A Swedish hospital wants to ban its staff from wearing Crocs plastic clogs, saying they generate static electricity that can knock out medical equipment, a spokesman said. Here’s the backstory: Last fall my Tevas (which I hadn’t even had FOR A YEAR) totally broke. I was seriously bummed out. I…

  • Gunman kills at least 21 at Virginia Tech – CNN.com

    I’m sitting here in shock! This is horrible! There are reports that the number of deaths is 31. 31?!? My God! A lone gunman is dead after police said he killed at least 21 people Monday during shootings in a dorm and a classroom at Virginia Tech — the deadliest school attack in U.S. history.…

  • RIP Kurt Vonnegut

    note: again. It has taken me TWO DAYS to write this post. sigh. As everyone in the world has already heard, Kurt Vonnegut has died. I feel sad at the news. Vonnegut was a literary hero for me. In fact, reading “Breakfast of Champions” is what, essentially, made me want to be a lit major.…

  • And people still think global warming isn’t real

    note: I started writing this last week! sigh. I’ve been a busy girl. I am astounded at the people who think global warming isn’t a threat with all of the evidence all over the place saying that it is. The lastest being a report published by United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “The whole…