Cathie Grimm
@catgrimm.bsky.social
Almost retired German teaching prof. My youtube channel is: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrimmreader3649 In t middle is my 8th great aunt Jane Lane, who helped Charles II (right) escape to France during the English Civil War. Her father is on t left.
Ate #skylinechilli for the first time today. It was good!! This small plate was just enough.
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ate #skylinechilli for the first time today. It was good!! This small plate was just enough.
but he wasn't an 18th century dude:
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
but he wasn't an 18th century dude:
Mr T. had his right front leg removed two weeks ago but he’s still a handsome fellow and a very good boy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Mr T. had his right front leg removed two weeks ago but he’s still a handsome fellow and a very good boy.
Mr T. is going to have his right leg amputated tomorrow. It’s been bothering him for a while and it’s either a malignant tumor or a serious form of arthritis. I’ll be calmer once I know he’s made it through. 😳
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Mr T. is going to have his right leg amputated tomorrow. It’s been bothering him for a while and it’s either a malignant tumor or a serious form of arthritis. I’ll be calmer once I know he’s made it through. 😳
A picture of Lily looking at something only she can see. #cats #catsofbluesky
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A picture of Lily looking at something only she can see. #cats #catsofbluesky
Not teaching is helping! And Shirley!
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not teaching is helping! And Shirley!
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October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Excited to get back into this absolutely brilliant work of committed antifascist/Marxist fiction. It’s unbelievably well-written. Very earnest even didactic but absolutely fascinating. #germanlit #peterweiss #booksky #aestheticsofresistance
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Excited to get back into this absolutely brilliant work of committed antifascist/Marxist fiction. It’s unbelievably well-written. Very earnest even didactic but absolutely fascinating. #germanlit #peterweiss #booksky #aestheticsofresistance
And here is my most recently finished book: #22 of 2025. For some a shockingly low number, but as a slow, chronically ill & still full time uni teacher it’s feels appropriate. Absolutely loved this last long installment in the Palliser series. Might add the 2 books I am eternally reading.
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
And here is my most recently finished book: #22 of 2025. For some a shockingly low number, but as a slow, chronically ill & still full time uni teacher it’s feels appropriate. Absolutely loved this last long installment in the Palliser series. Might add the 2 books I am eternally reading.
#21 of books read in 2025: I hesitated reading Gaskell after really disliking Mary Barton. I was surprised at how much better this was! The prose was great and the story interesting. Had a curiously modern feel to it. Highly recommend! #victorianlit #booksky #litsky
October 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#21 of books read in 2025: I hesitated reading Gaskell after really disliking Mary Barton. I was surprised at how much better this was! The prose was great and the story interesting. Had a curiously modern feel to it. Highly recommend! #victorianlit #booksky #litsky
#20 of books read in 2025: a lovely cozy read. Well-written and nicely paced. #booksky #MaryStewart
October 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#20 of books read in 2025: a lovely cozy read. Well-written and nicely paced. #booksky #MaryStewart
#19 of my 2025 books: I was surprised by how much I liked it. I know it is considered a lesser Dickens and the plot suffered a bit from us all knowing how it would go, but it was still a riveting historical novel. I’ll never forget the aggressive knitting!
October 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#19 of my 2025 books: I was surprised by how much I liked it. I know it is considered a lesser Dickens and the plot suffered a bit from us all knowing how it would go, but it was still a riveting historical novel. I’ll never forget the aggressive knitting!
#18 of books read in 2025: A riveting AND thoughtful firsthand account by tobacco heir and Arno Schmidt benefactor & scholar Jan Reemtsma of being kidnapped and held for ransom.
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#18 of books read in 2025: A riveting AND thoughtful firsthand account by tobacco heir and Arno Schmidt benefactor & scholar Jan Reemtsma of being kidnapped and held for ransom.
#17 of 2025: I really liked it, even if it could be cast as Catholic propaganda. Cather was a good writer. #WillaCather #booksky #litsky
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#17 of 2025: I really liked it, even if it could be cast as Catholic propaganda. Cather was a good writer. #WillaCather #booksky #litsky
#16 of my 2025 books: surprisingly good American novel from 1920s about a woman who does not have a domestic bone in her body who is able to become the careerist when her husband falls from a roof and has to stay at home. He is the perfect parent: infinitely patient. #booksky #persephonebooks
October 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#16 of my 2025 books: surprisingly good American novel from 1920s about a woman who does not have a domestic bone in her body who is able to become the careerist when her husband falls from a roof and has to stay at home. He is the perfect parent: infinitely patient. #booksky #persephonebooks
#15: I love Stifter’s strange meditative prose where mundane is centered as much as the shocking so much. This one was no exception.
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#15: I love Stifter’s strange meditative prose where mundane is centered as much as the shocking so much. This one was no exception.
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New #haflinger slippers acquired! 😻😻😻
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New #haflinger slippers acquired! 😻😻😻
New read: I already love this book so so much: I need to fill in big important gaps in my reading experience.g. all Quiet on the Western Front. Also it’s making me like Joseph Roth more.
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New read: I already love this book so so much: I need to fill in big important gaps in my reading experience.g. all Quiet on the Western Front. Also it’s making me like Joseph Roth more.
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#12 of 2025 is my favorite stand alone Trollope so far. Five stars for: #AnthonyTrollope #victorianliterature #booksky #litsky
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#12 of 2025 is my favorite stand alone Trollope so far. Five stars for: #AnthonyTrollope #victorianliterature #booksky #litsky
