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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  • 100 things to do before I go. 20-40

    And the list continues. Two weeks later! 20. Serve on the Caldecott Medal committee. 21. Write a Newberry Award winning book. 22. Learn to play piano. 23. Witness the Aurora Borealis. 24. Travel to Mt. Everest Base-camp. 25. Go on a Yoga or a Zen Meditation retreat in India. 26. Go to Tokyo. 27. Donate…

  • 100 things to do before I go. 1-20

    Amanda, over at etc has started a list of “100 things to do before you go” and has invited her readers to join in. So I am! She has her list divided into smaller lists of 20, which I also like and am going to shamelessly copy. So here are my first 20: Visit Pompeii…

  • 39

    I thought that for today’s 365 project photo, a self portrait was in order. I haven’t taken one in awhile so there. So. Another year. A few more wrinkles. A few new gray hairs. But still feeling pretty young, despite getting hit by a car 🙂 My big brother reminded me the other day that…

  • Vulnerable

    Two things: 1) I found a moth in one of my balls of yarn this morning!!! Ugh! I’m kind of freaking out a little bit about it. I must have had a premonition about it because last week I put my entire stash in little ziplock baggies. That’s how I found it. I was pulling…

  • The night I injured my knee

    The Story of My Most Serious Injury. I have a couple of stories I could tell. But I think I will tell you about the time I tore the meniscus of my right knee. It’s kind of a good story. I was out on a first date with a guy who proved to be a…