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: Music

  • Friday Random 10

    Haven’t done this in awhile! 1. Rill Rill by Sleigh Bells. Love this song! Great way to start a Friday. 2. Don’t leave me this way. Thelma Houston. Old school disco. You know you love it. 3. Big. New Fast Automatic Daffodils. Love this song! Haven’t heard it in years! One of my all time…

  • Wisdom from Ms. Joplin

    “Tommorrow never happens, man. It’s all the same fucking day, man.  So you gotta, when you wanna  hold somebody you gotta hold ’em like it’s the last minute of your life.” -Janis Joplin. Ball and Chain (Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits)  

  • The New Year’s Eve retrospective post – 2011

    This past year has kind of been uneventful, if I am comparing it to previous years. If there were a word to describe it I would have to choose “introspective.” I’ve done much thinking and observing and working on myself. I have faced things in myself that have needed to be faced for years. It…

  • Friday Random Ten

    Oh dear. It appears I might have lost my blogging mojo. Well, these are always sort of fun. Perhaps it will get me back into the game. Firing up the iPod… 1. Bathwater. No Doubt. Oh yay! Love this song! 2. So Much For The Afterglow. Everclear. Another good song I haven’t heard in forever.…

  • Running update

    I was thinking it might be good to update here every couple of weeks on how my running is going. Mostly for myself. I”m hoping that in a year I will look back and be stoked at how far I have come. I’m working my way through the Couch to 5k program (again) because I…