(It was a Thunderbolt, and I was a terrified little Midwest transplant. BASS AWOOOO.)
I have been obsessed with tornado sirens since I moved next to one when I was four, and the monthly Awooooo here makes me so happy. Thank you fellow Twin Citizens. 🚨🚨🚨
Can I resist posting multiple bangers? Probably not
Post a banger that’s not in English youtu.be/SDfELfpumEE?...
About 50 of us gathered on the schoolyard corner in my St. Paul neighborhood. 🕯️💔
Tuesday was pub day for The Living and the Dead, the third installment in Christoffer Carlsson's Halland Suite. And it got a starred review from Kirkus! I very much enjoyed translating this one. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Ten Thousand Years from 99% Invisible!! My favorite podcast episode ever. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-...
It's transit to work day in Mpls-St Paul! Even though I'm a freelance translator and work from home, I use transit to get to libraries to do research. I love it because I can read on the bus and train, or knit, or sometimes even edit a draft. Today, the 87 to the Green Line to get to U of M.
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Biked to the state fair for the first time today, and it was great! Parking in the corral was easy. And an A+ sunset on the way home. #mnstatefair #bikesky
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Back out for one last ride on the 21, on the way to dinner at Moscow on the Hill 🎉
Back home on the 87 after visiting the Bell Museum and the Raptor Center 🦅🦉
Next up, the 61 to the Bell Museum!
It's our anniversary! So @soundslikelara.bsky.social and I are tooling around St. Paul on @metrotransitmn.bsky.social and doing fun stuff. First up, two different donut stops on the 63.
One thing I love about taking the bus around town is the sense of community and seeing tiny acts of kindness. Today my stop was full of slushy snow and a man who was boarding stomped down a little spot for me to step onto, ready to give me a hand. #publictransit
Yesterday was pub day for Punished by Ann-Helén Laestadius. Despite the challenging subject matter--Sámi residential schools in Sweden and the long-lasting trauma of them--what a joy it was to translate this novel. Bean says go get it from the library or your local indie bookstore. #booksky
UNDER THE STORM by Christoffer Carlsson is on Kirkus's best translated fiction of the year list! I loved translating this one. Mystery, crime, a hint of disaster...https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-fiction-translation-2024/#what-kingdom
Bean and Banzo are best buds. Bean is also in my profile pic, yawning (screaming?) into the void
