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: thoughts

  • thinking

    It’s been a week since I posted. I’ve been really wondering if I still have the blogging mojo in me. I’ve been running this blog for 7 years. Can you believe that?!? Seven years! I’m finding it kind of redundant to post knitting projects both here and on Ravelry. So I think I’ll keep all…

  • On Grief

    On Grief

    I’ve been going to a meditation group once a week. I’ve been going for about 2 months now and I love it. I think it has kind of changed my life. I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been interested in Zen and have been reading and learning about it for a couple of years. The only problem is…

  • My Saturday Evening

    I’ve turned into my Granny Mary. I’m sitting in “my chair” with my knitting and my evening cocktail sitting on my little folding t.v. tray, watching television. Except I’m watching a show about tattooing and not Lawrence Welk. And I’m watching it on the computer.

  • On motherhood

    I picked up this book today called,  “the Mommy Myth.” I’ve already devoured almost 50 pages of it! It’s really good, and it kind of confirms some of the reasons I’ve had for not having kids. Reasons I didn’t even really understand until now. The book’s subtitle is, “The Idealization of motherhood and how it…

  • The man in the bathroom

    Last night right before we closed the library a man was found, collapsed, in the Mens bathroom. The fire department were called. The Paramedics came. Apparently the man wouldn’t let them help him. He kept pushing them away. My co-worker had to unscrew the door to the stall he was in to get to him.…