ESL teacher, stage 3 triple-neg breast cancer fighter, and YA fantasy writer who owns far more 📚 than shelf space (she/her) Minnesotanhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3mcv2qf47rs2yWind chill of -40F forecast for Friday in Minneapolis... Cars will struggle to start, and frostbite sets in within 15min. Nature has joined the resistance against ICE.20 Jan 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcv2qf47rs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3m3mvsdvrwk2wThis is an issue with today's trope obsession... the metric is very much "Did this book meet my expectations?" Sure, those books can be fun. But sometimes I want a book that tears apart my expectations and builds something new in the rubble! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mvsdvrwk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3m3l25c5tlk2vMy brother-in-law named his sourdough starter Crustin Bieber. So of course mine needs a name too! What should I call it???19 Oct 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3l25c5tlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3m3kcdwj5ks2xIt's always bugged me reading books where the male love interest has black hair and blue or green eyes. Not likely! Then I married my literary pet peeve 🤣 (I mean for real, what are the genetic odds of true black hair and seaglass eyes???) [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kcdwj5ks2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3m3j3vj47e22x#NoKings in Richfield, MN!19 Oct 2025 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3j3vj47e22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3m25gh4gf722wI was ready to respond "no thank you." Instead, "YES PLEASE!" 😄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25gh4gf722whttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3m23qeast522kWhat????!?!! I didn't know how much I needed this, and now I cannot think of anything more perfect. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m23qeast522khttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lyvsszasu22uWait, isn't economics just fantastical worldbuilding? Fantasy authors and economists create detailed systems with complex rules to explain the chaos of society. Lots of overlap in that Venn diagram [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2025 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvsszasu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lysnmcrvs22rNo. You don't praise someone who pisses on vulnerable people, then says sorry. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysnmcrvs22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lvvgyfzf4s2lWishing the false prophets of AI a very enshittified day 🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvgyfzf4s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lvt6zoytbc2yWho needs to pay for lip filler when you live in the land of 10 billion mosquitoes?07 Aug 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvt6zoytbc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lvrdfragjs2pI often think of my g-g-grandmother for whom I am named. She left home at 14 because home was a stony scrap of farmland she wasn't gonna inherit anyway. Worked as a maid for the mother of an embassador in Stockholm, who taught her to read. Traveled alone to Boston as a mail-order bride, but met06 Aug 2025 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvrdfragjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lvqufujgb22bI love my Preppy fountain pen so much. Two months neglected in the bottom of a tote bag, with just a little dregs of ink in it? No problem - just take the cap off and keep writing!06 Aug 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqufujgb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lvoj42sosk2hWhew! I added 5 habaneros to my grilled salsa recipe, and dangggggg, those babies aren't messing around! 10/10, no notes https://media.tenor.com/QP1PzOk6MdwAAAAC/ainsley-harriott-ainsley.gif?hh=424&ww=49805 Aug 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvoj42sosk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3lunamifapk2uWriters and readers! What's your favorite book cover(s)? Not necessarily your favorite book, but a cover that makes you WANT the book? 💙📚23 Jul 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunamifapk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jgsurma.bsky.social/post/3luaqrxwbgs2yHow do you know I'm committed to turning my front yard into prairie? This dude's 8 feet tall! 😆 Can't tell you how many people have suggested I cut this gorgeous thistle down... no way! The butterflies, bees, and goldfinches are going to love it!!18 Jul 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:bdzaboz4wnqpnuffdb3vikvw/app.bsky.feed.post/3luaqrxwbgs2y