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: Doug

  • The Difficult Post

    Today marks exactly one year since Doug died. I have been sort of dreading this day. I’ve actually been dreading this whole holiday weekend  because I knew it would be difficult. I’ve thought about that day many, many times over the past year. It is impossible to think about without tears welling up, no matter…

  • Thanksgiving and Pea Salad

    A year ago today Raf and I got up early, packed up the car and began our long drive to Spokane. My mom called a few days before to say that Doug didn’t have much longer to live. I didn’t know what that meant at the time, logically. Did he have a month? Three months?…

  • A Song For You

    I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been hesitant to post it because it is so personal. But it’s such a beautiful story and  I want to share it. so here it is. In April my mom called and told me she needed to tell me something. She thought she was…

  • Time Machine

    I’m in one of those moods where I feel like crawling inside a box and hiding for the rest of my life which is not very conducive to blogging about myself everyday. So today I thought I would take a look back and see what was going on a year ago. Checking the Flickr Time…

  • On Grief

    On Grief

    I’ve been going to a meditation group once a week. I’ve been going for about 2 months now and I love it. I think it has kind of changed my life. I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been interested in Zen and have been reading and learning about it for a couple of years. The only problem is…