Kaki Olsen
@kakiolsencreative.bsky.social
Contributor to Wizards and Whatnot, I Prefer Reading, Dork Side of the Force, Tripsided, and Tea and Banter. Published novelist. Red Sox fanatic. World traveler. Musician and fat, feminist liberal.
I learned Spanish immersively and a lot of it had to do with finding other words for things until I could ask someone or look up the term for something. It helped me a lot.
April 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I learned Spanish immersively and a lot of it had to do with finding other words for things until I could ask someone or look up the term for something. It helped me a lot.
Please tell me you do Swanday on a regular basis. I’m a huge fan of them. And they’re very young around here.
April 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Please tell me you do Swanday on a regular basis. I’m a huge fan of them. And they’re very young around here.
It hasn’t helped me.
April 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It hasn’t helped me.
I had decades of “what the heck is wrong with me?” before finding that I got violently ill at breakfast and loved eating eggs and toast at breakfast.
April 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I had decades of “what the heck is wrong with me?” before finding that I got violently ill at breakfast and loved eating eggs and toast at breakfast.
I have a friend who went to Canada because the US dismissed the credible threat against her family in El Salvador. She’s alive because Canada looked at murder and called it a threat. I’ve known for two decades that this is where the US thinks those who should just give up and die should be kept.
April 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I have a friend who went to Canada because the US dismissed the credible threat against her family in El Salvador. She’s alive because Canada looked at murder and called it a threat. I’ve known for two decades that this is where the US thinks those who should just give up and die should be kept.
Seriously, I was glad to have another nurse!
April 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Seriously, I was glad to have another nurse!
“And look at me! I’m wearing a vegetable!”
April 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“And look at me! I’m wearing a vegetable!”
I want to make the family member who gloats that computers will replace me as an author watch the episode.
April 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I want to make the family member who gloats that computers will replace me as an author watch the episode.
Moved everyone to New Zealand. True story from the first trump administration
April 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Moved everyone to New Zealand. True story from the first trump administration
My friend had her husband’s visa to the US revoked at the airport when they were moving the whole family. His family had to leave without him and he had to stay with friends. After weeks of the US refusing to let him in and their daughters being convinced they’d never see daddy again, they 1/2
April 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My friend had her husband’s visa to the US revoked at the airport when they were moving the whole family. His family had to leave without him and he had to stay with friends. After weeks of the US refusing to let him in and their daughters being convinced they’d never see daddy again, they 1/2
It’s my favorite episode until Vincent and the doctor.
April 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It’s my favorite episode until Vincent and the doctor.
She reminds me of Martha and her impulses to help.
April 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
She reminds me of Martha and her impulses to help.
For anyone who doesn’t know, Cedro is cedar. Sidra is cedar. I’m glad I didn’t tell these nice people that there was a cider of Lebanon across the street.
April 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
For anyone who doesn’t know, Cedro is cedar. Sidra is cedar. I’m glad I didn’t tell these nice people that there was a cider of Lebanon across the street.
When I think of cedars, I always remember giving a tour in Spanish. There was a cedar of Lebanon on my tour route and someone asked specifically about it for the first time. All I could remember was the Spanish word for CIDER. I wound up saying “the huge tree is one from Lebanon.”
April 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
When I think of cedars, I always remember giving a tour in Spanish. There was a cedar of Lebanon on my tour route and someone asked specifically about it for the first time. All I could remember was the Spanish word for CIDER. I wound up saying “the huge tree is one from Lebanon.”
I just read Mask of Fear and want to get more into the early empire and then the time at which we finally see the alliance ally itself.
April 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I just read Mask of Fear and want to get more into the early empire and then the time at which we finally see the alliance ally itself.
But Andor returns in 10 days! I need to rewatch for self-care.
April 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
But Andor returns in 10 days! I need to rewatch for self-care.
A friend of mine got me that book for my birthday.
April 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A friend of mine got me that book for my birthday.
Watch Readswithrachel on YouTube. She documents what it’s like to raise kids in that state and what republicans are trying to force through.
April 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Watch Readswithrachel on YouTube. She documents what it’s like to raise kids in that state and what republicans are trying to force through.
When I went to Istanbul, I saw tiny streets and alleys heading up from this one road, so I picked one and walked up its cobblestones. There, I found a store of Turkish delight, wonderful art, and clothing that was better quality than at the bazaar for better prices. I love alleys.
April 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
When I went to Istanbul, I saw tiny streets and alleys heading up from this one road, so I picked one and walked up its cobblestones. There, I found a store of Turkish delight, wonderful art, and clothing that was better quality than at the bazaar for better prices. I love alleys.
One of my favorite books.
April 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One of my favorite books.
I grew up in Massachusetts and all the Kathryns had to have an identifying nickname. Florida hates individuals so collectively.
April 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I grew up in Massachusetts and all the Kathryns had to have an identifying nickname. Florida hates individuals so collectively.
Vaguely reminds me of the friend who realized she can get me through panic attacks by making me discuss my work in progress in detail. It helps me redirect what makes my brain feel like it’s exploding.
April 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Vaguely reminds me of the friend who realized she can get me through panic attacks by making me discuss my work in progress in detail. It helps me redirect what makes my brain feel like it’s exploding.