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: Running

  • My running adventures

    About a month ago I bought a pair of Vibram KSOs. Apparently they can’t make these fast enough so many stores are out of a lot of the sizes. I had to buy the men’s version and they are wide so I’ve been getting blisters. It’s not terribly bad though. I had been easing myself…

  • A list

    A list

    I’ve been thinking about blogging about my barefoot running adventures. I’m not sure if anyone will think it’s interesting or if anyone will even read it. But it might be fun for me to read later on. Actually, I’m not running completely barefoot. I’m running in Vibrams, which do give some support. I’m liking it…

  • on a happier note

    I was reading over some of my recent posts and, wow. it could be construed that I’m a complete wreck. I’m actually not at all. I’ve been feeling pretty good lately. despite the weather and the fact that soon it will be the anniversary of Doug’s death. I’ll admit I do get a little bit down sometimes…

  • Born to Run

    Born to Run has been recommended to me a few times in the past few months so I thought I should pick it up. I finally started listening to the audio version of the book yesterday and I could barely stop listening. It’s an excellent book! At least so far. It’s about the author, Christopher McDougall’s search…

  • Bloomsday!

    We walked Bloomsday yesterday and had a fabulous time! I walked with my Mother-in-law and my Mom. I am very proud of both my Mom and MIL but especially my MIL for doing it! The farthest she had ever walked was 2 miles and she walked 7.5 miles yesterday. Yay! If you would like to…