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

  • John Wayne

    I meet the most interesting people. Today I had a conversation about John Wayne. I mentioned that I had never seen a John Wayne movie in my entire life but thought I should rectify that situation since he is such an iconic figure. I also mentioned that John Wayne reminded me grandfather. The person I…

  • The window seat

    The window seat

    I was boarding the plane from Spokane to Portland on Monday morning and in a bad mood. The news about Osama Bin-Laden broke the night before and the partying-in-the-streets reaction to it had me feeling bummed out. Not to mention, I was tired from not getting any sleep at my mom’s house and sore from…

  • In which I read you a story

    I picked up The Amazing Bone yesterday and read it again. And, again, I can’t get over how disturbing this book is. So I thought I’d read it to you. As a Christmas gift? The video is a little bit long. So go make yourself a nice cup of tea and be ready to settle…

  • Thanksgiving and Pea Salad

    A year ago today Raf and I got up early, packed up the car and began our long drive to Spokane. My mom called a few days before to say that Doug didn’t have much longer to live. I didn’t know what that meant at the time, logically. Did he have a month? Three months?…

  • Every picture tells a story

    I love this picture. It was taken when my mom and Doug first married. We decided to drive to Glacier Park for a little vacation. Can you guess who the photographer is? That would be me, as evidenced by the little brother sticking his tongue out at the camera. that is Doug on the right…