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: zen

  • Six Word Saturday

    Oh look! A delicious strawberry! yum.  

  • Hands

    Hands

    In my meditation group we are reading, “How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness” by Jan Chozen Bays. Each week we are reading a chapter and then during the week we do the mindfulness exercise. It has been really eye-opening and I’ve already learned lots about myself. I should be blogging…

  • We read the shit out of that book

    For the past year my meditation group has been reading Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. It’s been the perfect book for this sort of setting. The chapters are short. We have enough time after zazen to read one out loud and then discuss it. Many times we would read a chapter and be like, “huh?” It…

  • Death is the most painful heartbreak

    I walked out of Fred Meyer this morning and decided to check my e-mail on my phone. My manager sent an e-mail telling staff that one of our regular, and beloved, patrons had died unexpectedly last week. I was stunned. I stood there on the sidewalk in the rain, saying “oh no!” to myself (and…

  • Today it is raining.

    “Teaching is in each moment, in every existence.” -Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind