Kate Sotejeff-Wilson

@katesw.bsky.social

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Midwife of texts for academics and the arts | KSWTranslations.com from Finnish, German and Polish, editing in English | runs ridgewritingretreats.com | devourer of books | she/ona/sie/hän

Wild strawberries on a blade of grass, on a fern, my strawberry-red trainer visible below
A pile of books from Dussmann Friedrichstraße on the table, Finnish wild flowers behind
Format note jn Word reads: ”Justified. No widow/orphan control”
Säynätsalon tehtaan piippu heijastettuna Päijänteessä
Opening page of a book read on the train, seatbacks, blurred passenger
Reeds, lake, snow, sun
Parts of a sword, from seven swords but Wikipedia has the same image
Säynätsalo Town Hall between snowy pines
My Christmas tree waits outside the open balcony door, still in that netting they use for oranges.
Glass birds on winter branches at Valo hotel reception, steps up to the coworking space, deep blue sky out the window
Red November cactus in full bloom in a yellow pot on the windowsill
Lake, clouds, pines, sundown
Books I bought: miksi joet juoksevat, kyborgikesä, glitterneste, edistyssimfonia (Poesia 3 for 2!), tänään on viimeinen päiväni, toivottomuus, kirjoita vuosi, lihan värinä, raiteet, lumenlaulaja
Isojärvi? Junalta katsoen, hopeaa kimmeltävää vettä, puolipilvistä, taivas selkenee
Blue sky, yellow birches and a few white clouds reflected in a lake
David Bowie mural in Brixton, and some sunflowers from the flower stall by the tube
Laptop, messy desk not in full view ;-), pines outside the window
Puolukka lingonberries
Headphone case with sticker ”the best is yet to come”, red scarf, yellow water bottle (no this isn’t a Nigel Slater recipe, it’s my desk at the library)
A Basque bag and red sandals on a rock by a lake — my favourite swimming spot
Wild strawberries on a grass stem
The book, with surprisingly well coordinated spring flowers
George and the dragon DMs
Solvej Balle’s Tilavuuden laskemisesta / On the calculation of volume III, Finnish translation by Sanna Manninen
I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman, tr. Ros Schwarz
Two snowdrops bowing towards each other, poking through stony earth
Books about writing
A very nice hotel breakfast, including porridge and pink grapefruit
Wivi Lönn, Hanna Parviainen, and her car — from Markkanen and Virtanen’s book
Visitor pass, book bag and foot all safely moored on a CHAIR at the London Book Fair
Woman leaping, wearing an oversized t-shirt with the woman symbol, saying “never give up” — cartoon by Jackie Fleming
Dining table at Valo, the venue for our next writing retreat
My quiz results — read Solenoid!
Pile of books I read last week
Writing books, laptops, papers and pens on a Ridge Writing Retreat
Jamie Lee Searle, Ruth Martin and Jo Heinrich in conversation with Kate Sotejeff-Wilson on Zoom
Unusually tidy work desk with Christmas parcels on it
Logomimesis by Esa Kirkkopelto, translated by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson, two copies on the hall mat
Le Guin and Lem’s letters & the three other books that arrived from Poland this morning
View from my writing desk on Friday when the sun came out: keyboard and flowering cactus against a blue sky
Avain-lehti 1/2024
QR code and image for this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QueerHistoryMonth
Writing prompts from Nihil Interit’s Runopakki
Back cover of Minna Canth’s play The Worker’s Wife, Finnish centenary edition
Images show and early modern barber-surgeons at work
Candles and blue-and-white moomin mug with a picture of Moomintroll and little My
English as a Lingua Nordica logo. Conference organised by Nordic Editors and Translators with Kieliasiantuntijat
Map of Säynätsalo and books on writing in our writing room at Säynätsalo Town Hall, Ridge Writing Retreats