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: death

  • A semi-buzzed story about my new tattoo

    Why hello there! I didn’t mean for so much time to go by before I blogged. The past two weeks kind of creeped up on me and whizzed by. Thanks for the birthday wishes! I’m now really truly officially into my forties. And, honestly, it kind of feels weird. But good too. But dudes. There’s…

  • Rest in peace, little guy.

    Rest in peace, little guy.

    My mom’s dog, Sam died yesterday morning. It wasn’t a big surprise because he was really old for a big dog. 16 years old. We all knew this was coming soon. But still, it’s hard. He was a great dog and we are all going to miss him. In fact, he was my favorite dog.…

  • The Receipt

    The other day I was sitting at the table eating dinner. There was a magazine sitting in front of me, one that my mom gave me the last time I was visiting. It looked interesting; it was called something like “Secrets of the Presidents.” I opened it up to a random page. Out fell a…

  • Amazing Grace

    I thought I should check in on the blog since it has been awhile and my last post was so sad and blubbery. I haven’t picked up my camera since the day my mom told me that Doug didn’t have very long to live. Almost 3 weeks. It’s weird. I don’t understand this. You’d think…

  • What happened

    What happened

    I really feel like I need to write about what happened this past week. This experience, as horrible and heartrending as it was, has changed my life in many ways. A week ago Monday I was hiking on the Salmon River. I was standing on the bank of the river with Raf and we were…