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.

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  • I take after my Granny Mary, Pt. 2

    One warm Summer night, when I was still living in Spokane, at a family barbeque at my mom’s house, my mom tells us that my uncle found a cassette tape in a desk drawer and he didn’t know what to do with it so he gave it to my mom. She came home and popped…

  • I take after my Granny Mary, Pt. 1

    I miss my granny mary so much. She died 18 years ago. I still think about her nearly everyday. As I grow older I’m realizing how much I am like her. For example, she liked to knit. And it just so happens that I like to knit, too. When I was younger I looked at…

  • on meeting virtual friends

    Today I’m going to take the train into Portland to meet up with my friend Preita. She is someone I’m friends with on Flickr and Ravelry. We’ve been friends online for 5 years. can you believe that? 5 years! This will be the first Ravelry (knitting) friend I’ve met in person. I’ve met lots of…

  • Thoughts on NaNoWriMo

    I mentioned in my last post that I signed up for NaNoWriMo. I sat down this morning to start my novel and got burned out on it after 650 words. sigh. I’m not sure I’m a novel writer. The good news is that I have a first chapter written. So that’s something? It’s a very…

  • The Oregon Rain makes me all introspective

    At my meditation group there is a friend who has had to deal with a lot of death lately.  She was exasperated and wondered aloud how long she would have to deal with this. “For the rest of your life” was the response. And this is so true. I’ve been thinking a lot about this…