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: Kindness

  • “I believe that the proper utilization of time is this: if you can, serve other people, other sentient beings. If not, at least refrain from harming them.” – The Dalai Lama

  • On kindness

    On kindness

    “You never have to regret or apologize for nice.” –Matthew Thompson, aka @twinlensreflux   I have been coming back to this conversation I had on Twitter this past Friday. Very wise words to live by. I feel like this is everything I’ve been learning about the Precepts distilled down into a nice tidy sentence. P.S.…

  • “My heart is something. Everyone else’s heart is something too.” -Adorable six year old girl in this video who speaks very profoundly.

  • On the kindness of friends

       I have to take a moment and awknowlege this kindness that was done for me by a friend, anonymously. It touched me deeply and I can’t let it pass by. Saturday evening I came home from work and found this in the mail for me.  One of my friends ordered it for me and…

  • On cultivating tiny bonds with strangers

    I had the most wonderful interaction this morning on my run. It was both a boost to my ego and my spirit all at once. I stopped for a few seconds to say “hi” to a basset hound that was waddling up to me and it’s owner, an older gentleman I have nodded at when…