@maggajo.bsky.social
translator, writer, poet, avid reader and constantly amazed by the weird and funny and wonderful things this world has to offer. also interested in politics, which kind of upends that delight at times
Other entities have wings too
July 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Other entities have wings too
Midnight on the smoking balcony
June 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Midnight on the smoking balcony
A few Icelandic words for wind
April 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A few Icelandic words for wind
An useful recipe these days
April 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
An useful recipe these days
Á alþjóðlegum degi kvenna (International Women's Day) hugsa ég alltaf um þetta ljóð og í ár kannski meira en nokkru sinni fyrr
March 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Á alþjóðlegum degi kvenna (International Women's Day) hugsa ég alltaf um þetta ljóð og í ár kannski meira en nokkru sinni fyrr
The Icelandic Prime Minister's response to that meeting:
March 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Icelandic Prime Minister's response to that meeting:
Next Friday is bóndadagur (men‘s day) in Iceland. All men wake up early and go outside, barefoot, dressed only in a shirt and one trouser leg, the other hanging loose. They then hop on one foot around the house and welcome the month (þorri) when we eat really, really disgusting food.
January 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Next Friday is bóndadagur (men‘s day) in Iceland. All men wake up early and go outside, barefoot, dressed only in a shirt and one trouser leg, the other hanging loose. They then hop on one foot around the house and welcome the month (þorri) when we eat really, really disgusting food.
Night on the smoking balcony
January 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Night on the smoking balcony
And now we have a new year
January 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
And now we have a new year
At midnight, the Night of the Old Year will meet the Day of the New Year in a general fireworks orgy here in Reykjavík. There are still a few hours untill then, but happy new year to you all!
December 31, 2024 at 5:03 PM
At midnight, the Night of the Old Year will meet the Day of the New Year in a general fireworks orgy here in Reykjavík. There are still a few hours untill then, but happy new year to you all!
In Iceland we have no less than 12 "santas" that give unhealthy (mostly sweets) and often expensive (if you are from that kind of a family) presents to children as a kind of a countdown to Christmas. The children are delighted and we tend to forget that they are actually trolls. Tonight it's Stúfur
December 14, 2024 at 3:43 AM
In Iceland we have no less than 12 "santas" that give unhealthy (mostly sweets) and often expensive (if you are from that kind of a family) presents to children as a kind of a countdown to Christmas. The children are delighted and we tend to forget that they are actually trolls. Tonight it's Stúfur
My neighbour is - as we speak - joyfully using his new pneumatic drill, probably to change his home into swiss cheese. He may have been a mouse in a former life, but then again mice don't really like cheese
November 28, 2024 at 2:33 PM
My neighbour is - as we speak - joyfully using his new pneumatic drill, probably to change his home into swiss cheese. He may have been a mouse in a former life, but then again mice don't really like cheese
Three men from St Kilda caught a single garefowl, noticing its little wings and the large white spot on its head. They tied it up and kept it alive for three days until a large storm arose. Believing that the auk was a witch and the cause of the storm, they then killed it by beating it with a stick.
November 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Three men from St Kilda caught a single garefowl, noticing its little wings and the large white spot on its head. They tied it up and kept it alive for three days until a large storm arose. Believing that the auk was a witch and the cause of the storm, they then killed it by beating it with a stick.
maybe I should ask Terry Pratchett's Anoia, goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers and former volcano goddess
November 21, 2024 at 12:58 AM
maybe I should ask Terry Pratchett's Anoia, goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers and former volcano goddess
why do these eruptions always start at night? is it because they are more picturesque in darkness?
November 21, 2024 at 12:47 AM
why do these eruptions always start at night? is it because they are more picturesque in darkness?
The Yule cat is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve. In other versions, the cat just eats the food of people without new clothes. (Wikipedia)
November 16, 2024 at 11:40 PM
The Yule cat is a huge and vicious cat from Icelandic folklore that is said to lurk in the snowy countryside during the Christmas season and eat people who do not receive new clothing before Christmas Eve. In other versions, the cat just eats the food of people without new clothes. (Wikipedia)