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: Santa Cruz

  • Vacation

    We arrived in San Jose on Monday afternoon. Yesterday we drove over to Santa Cruz and spent the day there. It was weird being there again. It just all feels so familiar. I feel like I have been in an alternate universe for six months and now I’m home again. Like I’ve never left… So…

  • Spying on UC Santa Cruz Students

    Here’s an interesting article written about students from my Alma Mater, U.C. Santa Cruz (sigh…) being spied on through Bush’s NSA spying program. The group of students are part of a group who call themselves Students Against War, and, apparantly, there was a bit of a scuffle between them and some military recruiters on campus…

  • 2005

    It’s New Years Eve, December 31st, time to reflect on 2005. As far as the state of the world and the nation, 2005 sucked. It really did. It started out with the horrifying Tsunamis in Asia. That pretty much set the tone for the year. Then there was the Terri Schiavo fiasco. It was truly…

  • Melancholy

    I don’t know why (maybe I had a dream about it?) But I woke up feeling very sad and melancholy for Santa Cruz, especially Pogonip, the park that we used to go walking in every weekend. I really, really miss Santa Cruz. Hope your Thanksgiving is a fantastic one 🙂

  • amphitheater

    Yesterday Raf and I went for a walk around campus at UCSC, my alma mater. We tried all of our favorite local hiking spots but they were insanely crowded. I’m glad that we ended up here instead. It was fun to walk around campus and reminisce about the days when I went to school here.…