Zan Solomon תִּקְוָה
@zansolomon.bsky.social
Writer, singer, actor, tremendous nerd. US/Ireland dual citizen living in Finland.
#ShabbatShalom Our son is practicing making all his favourite dinners while I'm here to instruct him, so he can make them for himself when he moves away to college in January. Tonight is loaded baked potato soup and biscuits from scratch.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#ShabbatShalom Our son is practicing making all his favourite dinners while I'm here to instruct him, so he can make them for himself when he moves away to college in January. Tonight is loaded baked potato soup and biscuits from scratch.
It's -2°C out so I'm stuck 😆
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It's -2°C out so I'm stuck 😆
Walking Kairo in the first snow of the season.
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Walking Kairo in the first snow of the season.
The silver lining of living in a country that doesn't have a Thanksgiving (one of my fave holidays) is that there's nothing to stop me decorating for all the winter holidays as soon as Halloween is over!
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The silver lining of living in a country that doesn't have a Thanksgiving (one of my fave holidays) is that there's nothing to stop me decorating for all the winter holidays as soon as Halloween is over!
Happy Halloween! We're watching the obligatory seasonal movie 😁
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy Halloween! We're watching the obligatory seasonal movie 😁
Well, now I can't reskeet this and ruin the _very_ apropos number.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Well, now I can't reskeet this and ruin the _very_ apropos number.
We have frogs in Helsinki!
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We have frogs in Helsinki!
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Me honouring my Antifa ancestors.
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Me honouring my Antifa ancestors.
And congratulating Miriam Adelson on giving him "the idea" of Golan Heights?
Please can't we just have ONE DAY of hope without authoritarian oligarchs ruining it?
Please can't we just have ONE DAY of hope without authoritarian oligarchs ruining it?
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
And congratulating Miriam Adelson on giving him "the idea" of Golan Heights?
Please can't we just have ONE DAY of hope without authoritarian oligarchs ruining it?
Please can't we just have ONE DAY of hope without authoritarian oligarchs ruining it?
"The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa."
October 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa."
Last night at the end of Yom Kippur, in addition to singing, I got to be a gabbai for the first time since learning to leyn.
October 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last night at the end of Yom Kippur, in addition to singing, I got to be a gabbai for the first time since learning to leyn.
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
24 years ago today, I married my best friend.
@trotfox.bsky.social - I love you forever and a day.
@trotfox.bsky.social - I love you forever and a day.
September 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
24 years ago today, I married my best friend.
@trotfox.bsky.social - I love you forever and a day.
@trotfox.bsky.social - I love you forever and a day.
Autumn has arrived in southern Finland!
September 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Autumn has arrived in southern Finland!
L'shanah tovah! We made apple donuts 😋
September 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
L'shanah tovah! We made apple donuts 😋
We're having a fire here in Finland. It's a lovely and cool night. If you need to sit quietly with a beer by a fire outside, play this on loop 💖
September 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We're having a fire here in Finland. It's a lovely and cool night. If you need to sit quietly with a beer by a fire outside, play this on loop 💖
Syksy on täällä 💖🍂🍃
September 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Syksy on täällä 💖🍂🍃
Oh, dang! I was about to say that we can't play this game from tiny Finland, but OH yes we can 😳
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Oh, dang! I was about to say that we can't play this game from tiny Finland, but OH yes we can 😳
The Global Peace Index came out. Finland is 10th most peaceful. The US is 128th. Out of 163 (with some tied).
No wonder it took two years after moving 🇺🇸➡️🇫🇮 to finally.... Unclench?
No wonder it took two years after moving 🇺🇸➡️🇫🇮 to finally.... Unclench?
August 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Global Peace Index came out. Finland is 10th most peaceful. The US is 128th. Out of 163 (with some tied).
No wonder it took two years after moving 🇺🇸➡️🇫🇮 to finally.... Unclench?
No wonder it took two years after moving 🇺🇸➡️🇫🇮 to finally.... Unclench?
And Finland is about to get even more beautiful.
August 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And Finland is about to get even more beautiful.