Olga
@olgainseattle.bsky.social
Part-time estate lawyer until the next chapter.
How to know you're connected to your kid: in the '90s, I got a postcard of the little blue guy in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum. Fast forward 25 years and my daughter shows up with a plush version from the Louvre 🥹
(Vienna has since expanded its gift shop so of course I had to get two!)
(Vienna has since expanded its gift shop so of course I had to get two!)
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
How to know you're connected to your kid: in the '90s, I got a postcard of the little blue guy in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum. Fast forward 25 years and my daughter shows up with a plush version from the Louvre 🥹
(Vienna has since expanded its gift shop so of course I had to get two!)
(Vienna has since expanded its gift shop so of course I had to get two!)
Today of all days (terrible photo quality, but my laptop has informed me of the holiday)
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Today of all days (terrible photo quality, but my laptop has informed me of the holiday)
Saw the insanely good "Gothic Modern" exhibit in Vienna last month, and the works by Scandinavian artists at the turn of the century were my favorites. This is Hugo Simberg's "Fear in the Woods" (1896), although who exactly is afraid is a fun question to ponder.
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Saw the insanely good "Gothic Modern" exhibit in Vienna last month, and the works by Scandinavian artists at the turn of the century were my favorites. This is Hugo Simberg's "Fear in the Woods" (1896), although who exactly is afraid is a fun question to ponder.
Yes, but they also need to use chains to measure the yardage, and since this is a larger distance it is taking a while longer.
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Yes, but they also need to use chains to measure the yardage, and since this is a larger distance it is taking a while longer.
Spent last week in Vienna with dearest friend, and we were surprised at the limited tree colors during a day trip, elevation 840m. Maybe we remember our childhoods wrong but... it seemed very green/yellow.
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Spent last week in Vienna with dearest friend, and we were surprised at the limited tree colors during a day trip, elevation 840m. Maybe we remember our childhoods wrong but... it seemed very green/yellow.
We joke (?) that our 1970s suburban home has a "house ghost." Not a "spooky" place, small, tidy, full of books and guitars
. Spookiest is the large wooden mask the previous owners left behind 18 years ago. 👀
. Spookiest is the large wooden mask the previous owners left behind 18 years ago. 👀
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We joke (?) that our 1970s suburban home has a "house ghost." Not a "spooky" place, small, tidy, full of books and guitars
. Spookiest is the large wooden mask the previous owners left behind 18 years ago. 👀
. Spookiest is the large wooden mask the previous owners left behind 18 years ago. 👀
This is the headline used by the Seattle Times:
September 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is the headline used by the Seattle Times:
Yes! And I'm no body language expert, but Tan Suit Man over here looks like he's not having a great time
September 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yes! And I'm no body language expert, but Tan Suit Man over here looks like he's not having a great time
About to sign up and hoping there are no tempting book recommendations because I'm trying to exercise some self control in that department.
August 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
About to sign up and hoping there are no tempting book recommendations because I'm trying to exercise some self control in that department.
Just north of Seattle. This is a more upscale market, but $6/pepper is a new high (low)
August 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just north of Seattle. This is a more upscale market, but $6/pepper is a new high (low)
As a cathedral-loving agnostic I'm actually not even too conflicted here.
August 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
As a cathedral-loving agnostic I'm actually not even too conflicted here.
Sent to my physics/math specialist kid at U of Toronto who just finished her QM final 😅
June 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Sent to my physics/math specialist kid at U of Toronto who just finished her QM final 😅
Anthropomorphizing is irresistible 🥹 it looks like a proud parent waving goodbye to its college-bound offspring
May 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Anthropomorphizing is irresistible 🥹 it looks like a proud parent waving goodbye to its college-bound offspring
I'd volunteer to help translate this into English; it's an enormously interesting and insightful framing. Guess Duda chose the "special victim + narcissism" lane of relating to Polish identity.
May 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'd volunteer to help translate this into English; it's an enormously interesting and insightful framing. Guess Duda chose the "special victim + narcissism" lane of relating to Polish identity.
Husband and I went off trail in Seattle's Magnusson Park, discovered meadows!, and were talking about how most green spaces here are near water rather than near neighborhood centers.
May 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Husband and I went off trail in Seattle's Magnusson Park, discovered meadows!, and were talking about how most green spaces here are near water rather than near neighborhood centers.
I grew up a street over from these Socialist Realism sculptures in Warsaw, Poland. Saw them again recently -- every figure is nobly looking off into a glorious future, confident and proud of their assigned role. This crazy-a letter is the same vibe.
May 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I grew up a street over from these Socialist Realism sculptures in Warsaw, Poland. Saw them again recently -- every figure is nobly looking off into a glorious future, confident and proud of their assigned role. This crazy-a letter is the same vibe.
Your posts got me out of the house and into the woods that are a block away ,but which I forget about. Here's a local cedar doing its springtime thing. Thanks for the reminder to go and be and LOOK !
April 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Your posts got me out of the house and into the woods that are a block away ,but which I forget about. Here's a local cedar doing its springtime thing. Thanks for the reminder to go and be and LOOK !
My phone has opinions on Bondi:
April 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
My phone has opinions on Bondi:
Back in the motherland for a few weeks. Neighbor brought over dill pickle soup with rabbit meat (!). Crusty bread from one of five bakeries within a two-block radius. It's going to be rough going.
March 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Back in the motherland for a few weeks. Neighbor brought over dill pickle soup with rabbit meat (!). Crusty bread from one of five bakeries within a two-block radius. It's going to be rough going.
Apple Maps shows Gulf of Mexico... until you zoom in.
February 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Apple Maps shows Gulf of Mexico... until you zoom in.
My first insulin pump was in 1992. It was ... not great. Fast forward 33 years: This little thing has serious intelligence and minuscule size. I finally listened to the 16yo's advice, and we can now start competitive blood glucose control. 😏
January 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My first insulin pump was in 1992. It was ... not great. Fast forward 33 years: This little thing has serious intelligence and minuscule size. I finally listened to the 16yo's advice, and we can now start competitive blood glucose control. 😏