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: Dharma

  • The Realm of Hungry Ghosts

    A friend from my local sangha requested that I write a blog post about something I mentioned at our meeting last week regarding the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts. I am  new to Buddhism (yes, this post starts with a rambly pre-amble). I have studied Zen Buddhism for around 5 years with varying degrees of enthusiasm. One…

  • Drum Circles, and other random thoughts

    Last night I went to a solstice celebration.  We arranged ourselves in a circle and one by one we walked up to an altar and lit a  candle. Then we took a percussion instrument from a basket and went back to our seat where we joined the drumming started by Susie, the officiator. The room…

  • Don’t get lost

    “You’ve got to remember your zip code.” –Ram Dass.

  • Dharma

    “A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. From “The Over-Soul.”

  • Book Talk Saturday: Dharma Punx

    Okay. I almost didn’t do this post today because I’m not feeling well at all. I went home sick with a blinding headache (and I’m not even kidding about that) and I am still fighting it. So this is gonna be short and sweet. My current read is Dharma Punx by Noah Levine. It’s a…