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: Stories

  • An Amazing Story

    I am shaking right now, after reading about my knit-blogging friend, Lolly’s experience at the Lima Airport during the earthquake. It’s a truly amazing story. You should read it.

  • A post about nothing

    I feel compelled to post. But I really don’t have anything witty, snarky, or brilliant to say. I just feel compelled to post. Maybe it is just to say hello. I cleaned out my desk yesterday. Let me back up a bit by saying that my husband and I are going through an “organizing” phase.…

  • Travel Horror Story, Pt. 2

    If you haven’t read the first part of this adventure story you can find it here. So, while I was in Spokane, visiting over Christmas, it snowed. I mean it really snowed. It was actually kind of fun, though. Living in California, I hadn’t seen snow in ages. So I borrowed some warm winter clothes…

  • Travel horror story

    Lolly asked if we had our own nightmare travel story after an especially awful flight out of San Francisco. Oooh boy. Do I ever have a doosy. It was a Christmas trip. I was traveling home to Spokane from San Jose. And it was several years ago. This happened when I was still a Nanny,…

  • Haunted Hikes

    I picked up this book, Haunted Hikes written by Andrea Lankford on Saturday and have really been enjoying it all weekend! It features hikes in the United States that are known to be haunted. She tells the ghost story surrounding the park and hike and then provides a trail map for each one. Fun! And…