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Nadine Bjursten

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Author of Half a Cup of Sand and Sky, mom of twins, bibliophile, nature lover, American living in Sweden https://www.nadinebjursten.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nadine.bjursten/ "As we work to heal the Earth, the Earth heals us.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · May 18

Me too! Such a haunting ending.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Apr 2

The ending is so good!

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Apr 2

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.” — Robert F Kennedy

#booker #quote #trump #resist #motivation #hope #thankyou

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours

Democrats have appeared lame and leaderless for 72 days, but then Cory Booker stood up and did something

www.theguardian.com

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 28

”Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”

—Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Vol. II

#literaryquote #truth #facts #climatechange #huxley #booksky #trump #resist

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...

Global Sea Ice Hits a New Low

The data comes after researchers reported that the past 10 years have been the 10 hottest on record.

www.nytimes.com

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 27

It’s beautiful.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 27

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Day 18: The Remains of the Day

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#theremainsoftheday
#kazuoishiguro
#literary fiction 🖋️📚
#classics

Book cover of Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 27

Didn't notice that she was reading Rumi! 😆

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Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 27

”An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”

— Henry David Thoreau

#goodmorning #walk #booksky #writerslife #thoreau #spring #literaryquote

Early morning walk in Lund, Sweden. An old tree surrounded by spring flowers with a chapel in the background.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 26

Thank you so much, Louisa for your lovely message. We are in this together.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 25

Mine too!

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 25

Absolutely! I read this as a young teenager and my brain exploded. My first satire. Didn’t know serious books could be so wild!

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 25

Love this quote! We need Voltaire right now.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 25

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Day 17: Candide

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#candide
#voltaire
#literary fiction 🖋️📚
#classics

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Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 25

Rereading this now. It’s so good.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 25

It’s not going to be pretty. 😆 One of my favorite books.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 24

K Lavransdotter was not my fav either! 😆 The great Russian authors asked all the big why questions so that stuff is not just filler! It is so rich and beautiful. Right now rereading B Karamazov with a friend, and this time understand so much more. It’s exquisite! Anyway, happy discussing!!

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 24

That sounds like fun! 😆 I’m definitely with you in camp ’I love it!’ Great that you can disagree in such a healthy way! Is she turned off Dostoyevsky? Brothers Karamazov might be more to her taste. Then of course Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is so good in such a different way.

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Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 24

You will love it. 😊

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 24

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Day 16: Crime and Punishment

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#fyodordostoyevsky
#fyodordostoevsky
#crimeandpunishment
#literary fiction 🖋️📚

Book cover of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 22

"Calculation never made a hero."

—John Henry Newman

#columbia #trump #university #booksky #resist #education #johnhenrynewman #quote

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped

The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.

www.nytimes.com

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 22

Big classic literature fan here. 😊 No cats but one Rhodesian ridgeback reading buddy. #classicliterature

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 22

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

Day 15: The Great Gatsby

#books #booksky #bookchallenge #20daybookchallenge
#thegreatgatsby
#fscottfitzgerald
#literary fiction 🖋️📚

Book cover of The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald.

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 21

I understood you did not support its dissolution. 👍

Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 21

Reform is certainly needed but this is not that. 😔

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Nadine Bjursten @nadinebjursten.bsky.social · Mar 21

It's been a pretty good writing morning. My favorite category is probably literary fiction. What's yours? #writingcommunity #Iamwriting

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