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

  • Now I know what inspired The Birds

    Did you know that Hitchcock had a home in Scotts Valley? It’s true. Scotts Valley is a mere hop away from Santa Cruz and the Coast. Apparently he was very fond of his second home here. I say this because I am convinced, since he lived in the area, that his movie, The Birds, had…

  • Shipwreck!

    On my run sometime last week I noticed this shipwreck on the beach! It happened the day after a terrible storm we had at night. I didn’t run close enough to it to inspect it, but it was there everyday last week that I went for a run. I think the graffiti is new, however.…

  • Court Rules California Cannot Ban Gay Marriages

    Yahoo! News – Court Rules California Cannot Ban Gay Marriages In a victory for gay rights groups, a California Superior Court judge ruled on Monday that the state’s voter-approved ban on homosexual marriage is unconstitutional. Thought I’d crawl out of my hole to post this article I just saw on Yahoo News. This is fantastic…

  • States Mull Taxing Drivers By Mile

    CBS News | States Mull Taxing Drivers By Mile | February 16, 2005�14:00:07 “Drivers will get charged for how many miles they use the roads, and it’s as simple as that,” says engineer David Kim. Seeing as how I’m living in California I thought I should comment on this article that made the news a…

  • Seabright Sunset

    Seabright Sunset

    This is what the sunset looked like about a half an hour ago.