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

  • In memoriam

    I’ve been kind of sad all day, thinking about the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It’s strange, some years I’ve said something about it on this blog, and some I haven’t.  For some reason this year it’s been on my mind. Dianne talked about what she was doing that day, as have some other…

  • A story about water

    A story about water

      This is a very early memory. So early, that I don’t even know if it really happened. But, regardless, it is something that I remember. I was camping with my family at a lake. We were all camping in our big tent, or maybe it was out tent trailer. I remember that I was…

  • Hiking at Farragut State Park

    On Sunday Raf and I went for our weekly hike. We chose to got to Farragut State Park in Idaho. I love this park. We used to camp here when I was a kid and I have good memories of swimming around in Beaver Bay. We decided to follow a trail laid on in the…

  • The night I injured my knee

    The Story of My Most Serious Injury. I have a couple of stories I could tell. But I think I will tell you about the time I tore the meniscus of my right knee. It’s kind of a good story. I was out on a first date with a guy who proved to be a…

  • Something I made

    I made this thing about 18 years ago in a pottery class I took at SFCC. The teacher looked at it and said it looked awful. Her comments made me feel awful. I felt very discouraged because I had worked so hard on it. I came up with the idea and tried to execute it.…