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

  • I’ve got a peaceful, easy feeling

    I’ve got a peaceful, easy feeling

    The desert. I promised I would write about the desert. A couple of months ago I visited my Dad and stepmother at their new winter home in Needles California. Needles is on the border of California and Arizona, located in the Mojave Desert. I mentioned in an earlier blog post that I grew up in Spokane,…

  • A return to vinyl

    I remember the first record I ever bought. It was the 45 single of “The Tide Is High” by Blondie. I remember the day I bought it at the Spokane Valley Mall when I was out with my friends for the day, hanging out. I was in 6th grade. I remember standing in the record store…

  • What goes up must come down

    Back to work today after a wonderful vacation. This is kind of how I feel today.

  • “Random Song Lyric Photo Title” playlist

    One of the things I am trying to think about when I make a photo is the storytelling element. I think the title is one of the very important elements in the storytelling that goes on in photography. The viewer doesn’t have much else to go on, there is the title and then there is the…

  • Note to self: watch this later.