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: Family Stories

  • Smoked Salmon

    It’s funny how things work out sometimes in ways you don’t expect. Sometimes this happens in big ways and your whole life may change. Sometimes it happens in little ways and your day changes. Today I had the latter experience. We decided to drive to Wahclella Falls on the Columbia Gorge for a short jaunt,…

  • Vacation From Hell

    Plinky asks me to recall a memorable family vacation. Oh boy. There were lots of them. I am looking outside now and watching the flash-flood rain fall from the sky and I remember all the times we went camping and it would, inevitably rain on us. However, I think the most memorable, and horrible, of…

  • Albums I Listened to While Growing Up

    Music has always been a huge part of my life. I move through the world with a soundtrack always playing in the background. This is true now and it was true when I was a kid. There are so many record albums that I listened to that mean so much to me; so many stories…

  • The pepper

    The dinner dishes are piled perilously in the sink as M- and I get ready to do our evening chore. Washing and drying the dishes. “I’ll dry and you wash.” I say. “No, I want to dry. You wash!” M- counters. And so the evening’s verbal ping-pong match begins. We go back and forth, bouncing…

  • Drive Thru Church

    A story about my cousin. I don’t really know what to think about this article, about my cousin. A part of me is rather intrigued, and thinks it’s cool to be a drive-up minister. It has a kitschy quality about it that I like. I love that our world is filled with characters like my…