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

  • “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” –Dalai Lama

  • Thoughts on kindness

    Thoughts on kindness

    The zen center I belong to is going through precepts study at the moment, so I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about them lately. During this  study period you are supposed read them every morning and then the idea is that the wisdom bubbles up into your daily life. The reading of them in the…

  • Kindness

    I put out a call for favorite poems on Facebook today and a friend of mine shared this one that I’ve never read before. I am very touched by it.  I hope you like it too. Read the full text here.

  • Write about your neighbor*

    Last summer a new neighbor moved in and he smoked. I was irritated by this because it was hot outside and I wanted the windows open. Unfortunately when the windows were open the pollution of the smoke inundated my senses. Eventually my irritation turned to anger and I found myself wishing really awful things on this person I didn’t…