Kristin J. Boldon

@kjboldon

Twin Cities reader, writer, bookseller, bicyclist. Bird nerd. Cinephile. Dorothy L. Sayers superfan. Gluten free. Neurodivergent. Going to grad school, again.

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Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 17d

This picture makes it look dramatic, but they eventually agreed to share the feeder peacefully. #Birds

A tan and white with orange cap chipping sparrow on a red platform on left looking right at an arriving chipping sparrow to the blue wire perch whose wings are a blur

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 18d

Found in the middle of Lowry St NE by Windom Park. I hope this was the result they were hoping for. Sending love.

A white pregnancy test stick.with a single pink line, in the middle of a busy street

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 18d

Seems a little.early and way too hot for a changing leaf.

Red and green small maple leaf on grey asphalt

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 18d

Chaos and order at the bird feeder #Birds

Red male cardinal with spiky feathers on his head. Looks like a red and black dinosaur creature.

A young brown and white sparrow moving its head back and forth so fast it looks like a blowfish head.

A red capped chipping sparrow with a white belly looking demure, head down tilted.

Black capped chickadee very dapper in shades of black white and grey at the feeder

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 18d

A rubber duck with a white crash helmet w.red flames atop a $5 bill on a brown table in front of 2 bags of Bird seed.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 22d

My old phone was limping to its inevitable demise. I got a new one and didn't know why I wasn't getting any pictures from the bird feeder since I could hear and see plenty of traffic. I just had to sign in again. #Birds

Yellow and black bird at the red platform feeder

Black white and grey chickadee on blue wire feeder

Black white and grey chickadee posing prettily looking right on red platform

Black white and grey nuthatch at feeder with red platform

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 22d

Sparrows being weird little dudes #Birds

Two red capped brown and tan chipping sparrows perusing the seeds at the feeder on an orange perch

Incoming chipping sparrow both brown and tan at red platform bird feeder

Brown and tan sparrow wearing what looks like a cloak with back to.camwra and facing left on red platform

Two brown and tan sparrow butts at the bird feeder

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 22d

Massive avocado down, the result of marauding toddlers in the children's section.

A massive green plush avocado, lying on its side in front of a shelf of children's books

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 22d

Always true

Poster with colorful letters that read Fuck All These Transphobes

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 22d

Birb fight #Birds

A brown and white sparrow.on the left squawking at a brown And white sparrow.on the right, who squawks right back, literally arguing over a peanut.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 23d

Last four movies. Really frustrated it's so hard to pass a basic bar like the Bechdel. I need to watch more movies by women creators. Nolan and Anderson disappointed. Cuaron did not. The Odyssey, Moonrise Kingdom, Y Tu Mama Tambien and Mamma Mia #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday

Four movie posters: dark horse The Odyssey blue sky Moonrise Kingdom, green water Y Tu Mama Tambien and blue sky beach Mamma Mia

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 23d

This week I'm reading On the Calculation of Volume 1 by Solvej Balle, as part of Lit Hub's Best of the Best summer reading challenge, and We Need Your Art by Amie McNee #booksky lithub.com/best-books-r...

Small.pluah blue Ikea blahaj and two books on a redwood table: On the Calculation of Volume 1, a green background with a red/yellow/ blue round splotch and We Need Your Art by Amit McNee with a white background and a rustic capital font in blue, yellow and red

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· 26d

Good morning from one of my happy places, my front porch where the temp is 71F and the AQI is 50, and the sun is dappling through the birch branches with an outside breeze and an inside fan. I'm going to enjoy this while I can.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 17

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday were Anora, Wild Strawberries, Heathers and Hereditary.

Four movie posters: Anora w a dark haired light skinned woman on a black background, Wild Strawberries of a old man looking pensively left in a black and white tree areas, Heathers with a guy facing camera hugging a woman who is looking up at him in front of a school chalkboard, and hereditary, with dark spooky silhouettes of 4 people

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 17

I'm reading On the Calculation of Volume as part of Lit Hub's Best of the Best Summer Reading challenge, using it to read unread books already in my house. #FridayReads #Books #Booksky lithub.com/best-books-r...

On a black vinyl background a green book with red blue and yellow blob, On the Calculation of Volume I by Solve Balle trans Barbara Haveland.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 17

Some very good birbs. #Birds

Brown and white and tan chipping sparrow with a red cap, with something green in it's beak at the bird feeder standing on a red platform.

A brown and tan sparrow with a big chunk of food in its beak

A bright yellow goldfinch on a red platform.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 10

My #LastfourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday were Domino, Cleo from 5-7, Vanishing Point, and Showgirls. Also watched Jennifer's Body this week.

Four movie posters: yellow Domino, black and white Cleo from 5-7, a car centered in yellow radiation illustrations of people on white background and a womans body in a serpentine shape with breasts and other leg and genitals omitted

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 10

Currently reading: This Year in Showgirls Studies, The Autistic Burnout Workbook, and The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym with #NYRBwomen26 #Books #Booksky The Blahaj and platypus are helping.

Light blue plush small IKEA Blahaj, 3 books on a green couch: This Year in Showgirls Studies, The Autistic Burnout Workbook by Jeff, and The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym and periwinkle plush platypus

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 9

As an unsupervised reader, I read this after I finished Peanuts. It was how I learned about Vietnam and Nixon.

White person's hand holding a box set of books with red stripe, Doonesbury with cartoon illustrations of white men

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 8

Cannot exaggerate how much I am enjoying these two VERY different books: The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym with #NYRBwomen26 and The Year's Work in Showgirls Studies edited by Melissa Hardie, Meaghan Morris & @kanerace.bsky.social after showing at The Heights w/ Queer Cut #books #BookSky

Two books on beige upholstery: A light blue floral with pink roses and the title in a yellow box on the cover: The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym Introduction by Susie Boyt. And a painting of a white woman's face in close up with exaggerated, makeup and bedazzled details in her hair and around her eyes, she is in a swimming pool in front of a green neon palm tree: Edited by Melissa Hardie, Meghan Morris, and Kane Race, The Year's Works in Showgirls Studies.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 4

Just finished Vampires in the Lemon Grove, stories by Karen Russell, prompted by the "What the NYT Missed" list at Lit Hub, part of their Best of the Best summer 2026 Reading challenge. I've read five books from 3 lists so far, and loved them all. lithub.com/best-books-r...

Yellow hardcover library book on green couch, image of a bat and yellow dots, Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 4

This thread is making me feel some things. I think reading this in my 30s might have been the beginning of my awakening.

Image of a light skinned woman in plaid wool looking to left, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 4

Was up late watching movies and forgot to post the movies I watched! Also watched Point Break and Devil Wears Prada this week. A good week for fun movies. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Four movie posters: John Carpenters The Thing, with blue and white snow background and a black figure with bright light radiating from the head. The Wicker Man, with an image of a wicker sculpture on a hellish orange and yellow background, Anatomy of a Fall, on white snow with a prostrate figure with blood stared at by another person, and Nausicaa, with an anime style you g woman standing next to a glider. Facing left.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 4

As if I could ever pick just one. However, I am very fond of Slimey.

A small orange and yellow worm puppet next to a silver trash can with a yellow sign that reads "Slimey"

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 3

My first tarot card pulled was XIII Death. Will it happen today?

A wooden desk with 3tarot cards and a Little Frog card: 13 Death.wiyh dark skeleton astride white horse, ace of pentacles with hand holding golden coin, and Page of.Wands with golden haired androgyne youth in yellow looking to top of wand in desert background, card of green frog with red mushroom cap with butterfly wings reads " I will let go.of self limiting beliefs." Orange pencil in fore, black/grey Pantone cards behind, with sunlamp to left with tiny monkey sticker on bottom left. Cards are held with a red plastic crab, a blue plastic crab, and a blue/white whale shark holder.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jul 1

The World's End, on June 22, 2026 at @trylon.org

Movie poster showing a black pub sign in front of a sky filled with falling comets and flames. The World's End by Edgar Wright. Good food. Fine ales. Total Annihilation.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jun 27

This was a fun bunch of movies: Weapons, Repo Man, The World's End, and Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains #LetterboxdFriday and #lastfourwatched but I think only one passed the Bechdel test.

Four movie posters: weapons, with silhouetted children running away, Repo Man, with a punk White guy on a glowing green car, World's End with a pub sign in front of a flaming sky, and Ladies and Gentlemen,The Fabulous Stains with 15yo girl staring at the camera with a shock of black hair with white stripes on the side.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jun 26

Guess what's back in stock @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social ?

A box of brightly colored squishy toys on the counter and for sale at Moon Palace Books

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jun 26

On green couch cushion, a copy of The Awakening and Other Stories by Kate Chopin, pale blue green at top with a painting of a melancholy red headed woman looking to the right in a green silk robe with red flowers. A periwinkle plush platypus is investigating.

Kristin J. Boldon@kjboldon· Jun 24

And, the showing of World's End was on June 22--chef's kiss!