Catherine Eaton
@sparrowpost.bsky.social
Writer, naturalist, myth and oak lover, museum and play goer. Pursuer of whimsy. she/her. sparrowpost.com
One of my favorite chapters in Pamuk's My Name Is Red has been from the viewpoint of a forged coin. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd ever say such a thing (and this is why we read).
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
One of my favorite chapters in Pamuk's My Name Is Red has been from the viewpoint of a forged coin. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd ever say such a thing (and this is why we read).
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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We're lucky to have in this issue two miniatures from @addisonzeller.bsky.social, although as often is the case with Zeller, "miniature" is a deceptive descriptor. These efficent stories, like Borges', are denser and more multitudinous than the longest novels.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
Point of Comparison | Issue 33
By Addison Zeller — "Of the lawn, a photograph exists, dated more than a century ago. The size of the camera has reduced over time, but at the date of the photo, it was still clumsy and large, the len...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We're lucky to have in this issue two miniatures from @addisonzeller.bsky.social, although as often is the case with Zeller, "miniature" is a deceptive descriptor. These efficent stories, like Borges', are denser and more multitudinous than the longest novels.
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
yourimpossiblevoice.com/of-the-lovers/
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Illuminated Flower ~ Odilon Redon
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Illuminated Flower ~ Odilon Redon
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November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our first ever sitewide sale is here! Find great gifts for all the readers in your life—including these books that are all currently available for less than $20 each. Use the code HOLIDAY25 for 30% off everything on our website now through December 3.
🛍️ Shop here: buff.ly/8i58v4y
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The little dark-eyed juncos have my heart.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The little dark-eyed juncos have my heart.
first quarter moon before the winter storm
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
first quarter moon before the winter storm
The cloud play on the river was delectable today.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The cloud play on the river was delectable today.
And now to read as much as I can this evening so I can talk civilly to others tomorrow. That's the rule: hours of book reading=moments of civility
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
And now to read as much as I can this evening so I can talk civilly to others tomorrow. That's the rule: hours of book reading=moments of civility
You better believe I'm making this right now for tomorrow.
This is the cornbread I made for my bookclub. The group likes making food that ties into the book's region and this time it was Love in the Time of Cholera. Everyone loved it and it made so much, I was able to eat through it for days. It's an elaborate recipe for cornbread but so very good.
Live on Island Time with this Caribbean Cornbread
If you aren't a fan of cornbread, this recipe will change your mind! Straight from the Caribbean, it contains crushed pineapple and creamed corn which make this cornbread moist and rich.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You better believe I'm making this right now for tomorrow.
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Happy St Catherine’s Day! She’s the patron of women students, anyone who works with wheels (e.g., potters), tanners, philosophers, and librarians. She’s also my confirmation saint. I love this painting of her by Caravaggio.
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Happy St Catherine’s Day! She’s the patron of women students, anyone who works with wheels (e.g., potters), tanners, philosophers, and librarians. She’s also my confirmation saint. I love this painting of her by Caravaggio.
Looks like a beaver has moved into town. I wish them all the best.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Looks like a beaver has moved into town. I wish them all the best.
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Discovering that Muriel Spark adopted Patricia Highsmith's cat, Spider, is all I needed to make a dull day better.
Some trivia: The cat Spark’s holding on the cover was named Spider; she’d adopted him from Patricia Highsmith. Spider was a fan of fireworks - he found that their booms tended to stun the nearby lizards, making them easy for him to hunt down and kill. I imagine Spark admired this display of cunning…
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Discovering that Muriel Spark adopted Patricia Highsmith's cat, Spider, is all I needed to make a dull day better.
Even from the simplest, most realistic point of view, the places we long for occupy a far larger place in our life, at any given moment, than the place in which we happen to be.
Marcel Proust, The Swann Way (transl. Brian Wilson)
Marcel Proust, The Swann Way (transl. Brian Wilson)
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Even from the simplest, most realistic point of view, the places we long for occupy a far larger place in our life, at any given moment, than the place in which we happen to be.
Marcel Proust, The Swann Way (transl. Brian Wilson)
Marcel Proust, The Swann Way (transl. Brian Wilson)
The bright crescent moon is already beginning to set. Stay awhile, moon.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The bright crescent moon is already beginning to set. Stay awhile, moon.
Winter as part Miss Havisham, part Jane Eyre's Lowood School for Girls
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Winter as part Miss Havisham, part Jane Eyre's Lowood School for Girls
Happy Birthday, George Eliot. Thank you for writing out your beautiful heart despite everything.
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Birthday, George Eliot. Thank you for writing out your beautiful heart despite everything.
The clouds were telling their own story this early evening.
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The clouds were telling their own story this early evening.
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“Poetry is ultimately mythology, the telling of the soul’s passage through the valley of this life, its adventure in time, in history.”
—Stanley Kunitz in conversation with Bill Moyers
—Stanley Kunitz in conversation with Bill Moyers
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“Poetry is ultimately mythology, the telling of the soul’s passage through the valley of this life, its adventure in time, in history.”
—Stanley Kunitz in conversation with Bill Moyers
—Stanley Kunitz in conversation with Bill Moyers
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Spring coming into its own in April of this year.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Spring coming into its own in April of this year.
Now to try and remember if I bought Lili is Crying and where I might have put it
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Now to try and remember if I bought Lili is Crying and where I might have put it
My city is redoing the main street that runs near my house. It's a huge project that's much needed and will take a few years to complete. Today they cut down all the trees lining the road. This included the gingkos, one of more charming parts of living here. Modernity is ruthless.
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My city is redoing the main street that runs near my house. It's a huge project that's much needed and will take a few years to complete. Today they cut down all the trees lining the road. This included the gingkos, one of more charming parts of living here. Modernity is ruthless.
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