Kristin J. Boldon
@kjboldon.bsky.social
Twin Cities reader, writer, bookseller, bicyclist. Burgeoning bird nerd. Dorothy L. Sayers superfan. Gluten free. Neurodivergent. Trying to get into grad school, again.
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This is genius and I am stealing this.
I’ve wanted to brag about my Christmas gift last year and here’s my chance.
I got the whole family matching magazine subs! Adults got Southern Cultures, OA, Bitter Southerner, The Sun, & New Yorker. Kid got Lux, Oyla, and later we added The Onion.
We always have stuff to talk about!
I got the whole family matching magazine subs! Adults got Southern Cultures, OA, Bitter Southerner, The Sun, & New Yorker. Kid got Lux, Oyla, and later we added The Onion.
We always have stuff to talk about!
I got out of the habit of reading magazines bc of the social pressure of writers reading what's trendy/popular or frankly expected of you.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is genius and I am stealing this.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Cute: finch and chickadee. Terrifying: up-close cardinal and greedy, prosperous-looking squirrel. # Birds.
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Cute: finch and chickadee. Terrifying: up-close cardinal and greedy, prosperous-looking squirrel. # Birds.
Was wondering last night why they didn't put sharks in the Lego aquarium.
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Was wondering last night why they didn't put sharks in the Lego aquarium.
One of these things is not like the others. One of these birds is NOT a house finch, no matter what the Bird Buddy feeder says. (I think #2 is a junco.) #Birds
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
One of these things is not like the others. One of these birds is NOT a house finch, no matter what the Bird Buddy feeder says. (I think #2 is a junco.) #Birds
The sharks and I are reading Bleak House with #APSTogether and Mourning a Breast by Xi Xi with #NYRBWomen25 What are you reading? #FridayReads
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The sharks and I are reading Bleak House with #APSTogether and Mourning a Breast by Xi Xi with #NYRBWomen25 What are you reading? #FridayReads
On #LettetboxdFriday here are my #LastFourWatched Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Night of the Juggler, House, and Strange Days
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
On #LettetboxdFriday here are my #LastFourWatched Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Night of the Juggler, House, and Strange Days
1. Cute lil chickadee. 2. This male cardinal is saying "Nyar!" Can't you just hear it? 3. Look at this jerk. He knows what he's doing is wrong. #Birds
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
1. Cute lil chickadee. 2. This male cardinal is saying "Nyar!" Can't you just hear it? 3. Look at this jerk. He knows what he's doing is wrong. #Birds
Last night's lights were so cool!
November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Last night's lights were so cool!
Such delicious nerdery 🤯 I only knew of the first three; there are FIVE!
ultimate = last in a series
penultimate = second-to-last in a series
antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series
preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series
propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
penultimate = second-to-last in a series
antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series
preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series
propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Such delicious nerdery 🤯 I only knew of the first three; there are FIVE!
A.S. Byatt's Possession blew my mind wide open with its combination of poetry, mystery, romance, literary fiction, and religion. The multiple meanings of the word, and how that was shown in the text, and that I read it with a group of smart women--I applied to grad school and quit my corporate job.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A.S. Byatt's Possession blew my mind wide open with its combination of poetry, mystery, romance, literary fiction, and religion. The multiple meanings of the word, and how that was shown in the text, and that I read it with a group of smart women--I applied to grad school and quit my corporate job.
Northern lights from NE Minneapolis. A great way to meet up with the neighbors!
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Northern lights from NE Minneapolis. A great way to meet up with the neighbors!
Attn NE Mpls, gas leak on Johnson St between Lowry and 26th. Fire trucks everywhere, traffic bonkers.
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Attn NE Mpls, gas leak on Johnson St between Lowry and 26th. Fire trucks everywhere, traffic bonkers.
Notice I'm getting some new follows from what appear to be middle aged men with way more following than followers and few posts. Clicked on who they're following, and it's a sea of middle aged white women like me. Is it the profile pics, or other piece of data? Are they bots, or real life scammers?
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Notice I'm getting some new follows from what appear to be middle aged men with way more following than followers and few posts. Clicked on who they're following, and it's a sea of middle aged white women like me. Is it the profile pics, or other piece of data? Are they bots, or real life scammers?
Ms Cardinal would like a word. Mr Cardinal looks like he's auditioning for the cover of @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social 's sapphic time-traveling assassin banger, This is How You Lose the Time War, and a squirrel. Being evil. #Birds 🪶
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Ms Cardinal would like a word. Mr Cardinal looks like he's auditioning for the cover of @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social 's sapphic time-traveling assassin banger, This is How You Lose the Time War, and a squirrel. Being evil. #Birds 🪶
Yesterday: no interesting #birds. Accidentally splurged on black oil sunflower seeds because my spouse did bad math and today, things got fun at the feeder! Cheap seed was a merry go round of sparrow, cardinal, squirrel. Today I spotted finches, juncos, chickadees, and jays back in rotation.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yesterday: no interesting #birds. Accidentally splurged on black oil sunflower seeds because my spouse did bad math and today, things got fun at the feeder! Cheap seed was a merry go round of sparrow, cardinal, squirrel. Today I spotted finches, juncos, chickadees, and jays back in rotation.
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Squirrels being terrifying monsters.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Squirrels being terrifying monsters.
