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.

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  • Wayback Wednesday: A Halloween Story*

    One Halloween when I was around 9 years old instead of Trick-or-Treating my mom decided to throw a Halloween party for all of the neighborhood kids. My little brother and I were friends with every kid in the neighborhood, so the party was huge. There were kids everywhere. My parents invited their friends over, too.…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    A portrait of me at 4 years old. I suspect that this is not long before I got glasses to correct the lazy-eye that you can see in this photo (my right eye). As it turns out, I wore glasses for far-sightedness for six years and I have had 20/20 vision since.

  • Wayback Wednesday

    I must have dressed myself that morning.

  • On finding my roots

    On finding my roots

    The day before yesterday  a young man approached  the Reference Desk asking for books that would teach him  Gaelic. I found him some books and  we chatted for a bit. He mentioned that he wanted to learn more about his Irish heritage. I asked  if he planned on visiting Ireland soon. “Someday,” he said. I…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    As I go through these old photos I am realizing that my Granny Mary liked to dress us up and take cute photos of us. Here is one of them. I don’t know why I am so upset. Usual bratty kid stuff, I’m sure.