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: love

  • 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…

  • My sweet little Crackers – a dream.

    I had a dream about my sweet childhood dog last night and I can’t stop thinking about her today. She was so precious to me. We got her when I was in Kindergarten and she lived well into my adulthood. I was around 24 when she died. I remember this dream in such minute detail…

  • “Understanding someone’s suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love’s other name. If you don’t understand, you don’t love.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

  • A Valentines Day Conversation, Overheard. (or, how not to pick up on a woman)

    Scene: Man in an American flag bandana pulls up on a Harley. Him: Hey babe, wanna go to the bar, get some cocktails this morning? Her: No. Him: Wanna go to my place, watch me build some stuff? Her: No.

  • That time I connected with a slug

    That time I connected with a slug

    A few weeks ago I was cleaning house and found myself staring down at a slug who’d found it’s way under the kitchen sink. My first reaction was “EEEEK!” And I frantically thought about how I could kill it. I realized, when the initial panic wore off, that I didn’t want to kill it.  I…