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

  • The Receipt

    The other day I was sitting at the table eating dinner. There was a magazine sitting in front of me, one that my mom gave me the last time I was visiting. It looked interesting; it was called something like “Secrets of the Presidents.” I opened it up to a random page. Out fell a…

  • 3rd grade

    When I was in 3rd grade, one afternoon on the playground, the girls in my class formed the, “I hate Carol club.” I’m not sure why. Carol was a friend of ours. We all hung out with her regularly. I think there might have been a fight between Carol and another girl and the other…

  • Write about a less than remarkable aspect of yourself

    I feel like I am very boring. I get up at 5:30 am, like an old person does. I go to bed at 9:00 at night. Sometimes I am so tired I go to bed at 8:30. It’s kind of embarrassing. I wish I was the kind of person who could stay up late into…

  • The house on Warren Road

    The house I lived in when I grew up was split level. The yard was very large. We would often play in the front yard. we would have races in the yard to see who was the fastest runner in the family. When you walked in the front door and looked to the right you…

  • Blue skies and little brothers

    This is something I wrote about yesterday and what the hell. I thought I’d share. I need blog fodder. This is one of my earliest memories. I must have been about 5 years old. One day my younger brother and I were playing on the hearth of the fireplace. We had a hearth that sat…