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: good quotes

  • Right Action

    “Even if the whole Universe is all a bunch of jerks doing jerk-type things, there’s still liberation in simply not being a jerk.” – Dogen I love the Brad Warner translation of Dogen. It actually makes him (Dogen) understandable.

  • Practice

    “Transformation is not a future event. It is a present activity. That is why you must bring everything that you have to give in every moment. And it doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. When you bring that effort every single day that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change…

  • On Sadness

    And I let it come, and I just started to feel ‘oh my God,’and I pulled over and I just cried like a bitch. I cried so much. And it was beautiful. Sadness is poetic. You’re lucky to live sad moments.- Louis C.K.

  • “Only love can conquer hate.”  -Marvin Gaye. 

  • Wisdom from the coolest cat around.

    No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song. Because it’s all good. – Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. by Eric Litwin and James Dean.