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: uncle will

  • Trillium today

    Trillium today

    I don’t have a blog post planned for you today so please accept this for a blog post: a photo of my second sighting of Trillium of the season (the best harbinger of Spring  and my favorite flower), and a story about something that happened about an hour ago. So my mom texted me and…

  • Yesterday

    Yesterday we buried my Uncle Will in the Cherryville Cemetery, just like he always wanted. He is buried with his two kids in the beautiful Mt Hood forest. It was a lovely day, a break from the non-stop rain we’ve been having. I have to think he was in on that, somehow. Rest in peace…

  • Wayback Wednesday

    For today’s Wayback Wednesday, I found a couple of old photos of my Uncle Will from the 1970s. Here he is with my Aunt Erna. I am looking at this and wondering if they are my age in this photo. That thought kind of freaks me out for some reason. I guess because when this…

  • The bond I had with my Uncle Will.

    In July of 2009 I applied for a job at a library in a small town 30 miles east of Portland that I had driven through once. I came here to interview and was delighted with the place and with the people who interviewed me. Lucky for me, the feeling was mutual. When I told…