banner
LightNews
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko
@cpasko.bsky.social
310 followers 230 following 570 posts
Reader, writer, library girl Country mouse living in Baltimore she/hers https://www.courtneypasko.com/
www.courtneypasko.com
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · Apr 21
Little pearl of a story up in HAD today! Absolutely delighted to snag a second skull and TRULY thankful to the cool kids at @hexliterary.bsky.social for selecting it 🦪
havehashad.com
HAD @havehashad.com · Apr 21
holy wow, love this micro today from Courtney Pasko!!

https://www.havehashad.com/71ajw
A colorful graphic displaying a tweet with a motivational quote about resilience and teamwork, featuring vibrant backgrounds and bold typography.
7 25
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 20h
You convinced me, here's your national book award !
1 1
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 22h
The comma splices are getting out of hand.
rachelfeder.bsky.social
Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
2 1 6
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 2d
Well at least I know now it's not in my head, which is a good first step!
2
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 2d
What is this weird intermittent alarm in Waverly & do I need to be concerned?
Reposted by Courtney Pasko
ceej.online
ceej @ceej.online · 4d
damn. hoping it at least signifies something
shakespeare.lol
William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4d
It is a tale
Told by an idiot
54 770 3.8K
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 4d
LOL! I love this but can admit that it will probably be a nightmare to shelve/store/etc!
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 5d
!!
abigailoswald.bsky.social
Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · 5d
the new issue of @mcsweeneys.net is a TRAPPER KEEPER I am crying
an absolutely GORGEOUS PERFECT trapper keeper featuring shimmery dolphins and cute lil fish swimming through some sort of undersea ruin, labeled "McSweeney's 80"
1 2
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 5d
Feeling strongly attracted to that LOTR..... Good thing I'm exceptionally strong, wise, and able to resist temptation.
normalsbooksbalto.bsky.social
Normals Books & Records @normalsbooksbalto.bsky.social · 6d
A small taste of the printed treasures going out this day where the sun has conquered the miasma. Very good second printing of the rare mind expanding/crushing #TheSacredMushroomAndTheCross , very good 1968 stated first Grove printing of “a” by Andy of the Factory,
1 2
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 7d
I know morning glories are invasive and I need to stop it from taking over my marigolds but it looks so cute coming up the railing!
A blue morning glory flower climbing up a black handrail/fence. In the background you can see it winding its way over orange marigolds.
5
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 9d
Or… do I
Photo of Harrison Ford as John Book in the movie “Witness.”
4
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 9d
Going to use the bathroom before catching my train to Baltimore, hope I don’t witness anything
Photo of the waiting area at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, a filming location for Peter Weir’s film “Witness.”
2 5
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 10d
Spending an absolutely profligate amount of money on train tickets to Philly for the afternoon because 🎵 our train infrastructure is embarrassing 🎵 and driving 95 on a game day is 🎶 my personal idea of hellllllllll 🎶
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 18d
Sometimes when I want to complain I sing my complaint to myself in the cadence of Jean-Ralphio Saperstein from Parks & Rec and it does kind of help
2
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 13d
What I read in September: open.substack.com/pub/countryo...
Bookends: September
What I Read Last Month
open.substack.com
2
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 13d
Congrats Danny!!!!
1 1
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 13d
The Walters is free to enter & worth a stop when you're here for AWP, if you need a peaceful hour!
1 1
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 13d
Love her smile in this one!!
1 1
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 13d
Love to visit my girl at the Walters when I need a pick-me-up
The painting "Judith Decapitating Holofernes," by Trophime Bigot, from circa 1640. The painting is very pretty, with soft candlelight and deep shadows, and shows one woman beheading a man while a second woman helps hold him down.
2 9
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 13d
Don't even get me started on finding a new primary care doc
2
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 13d
Finally managed to schedule a dentist appointment for April, which is not great but at least is an actual appointment and therefore an improvement over the multiple places that told me they were "waitlist only"
1 2
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 14d
Hell yeah, it's central PA lit:

"She exhaled a big sigh. 'But the truth is, every place is like Buckle if you live in it long enough.'"
aaronburch.bsky.social
Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 14d
Got a new story from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social on Short Story, Long today!
"The People Who Live Inside" by Sarp Sozdinler
"My mother called me on a Tuesday afternoon to say that my Uncle Frank had been seen climbing into the old grain silo at the edge of town again."
ashortstorylong.substack.com
2 4
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 18d
Sometimes when I want to complain I sing my complaint to myself in the cadence of Jean-Ralphio Saperstein from Parks & Rec and it does kind of help
5
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 19d
So happy my little garden is getting this rain, it feels like it’s been ages 🌼
View of a small city garden from the porch. The flowers, including a giant pinkish aster, a spiky pink gaura, and a row of bright marigolds, are getting a nice soak in some fall rain.
1 29
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 20d
Yes, I’m here to see the gay musicians movie
A rainbow over an AMC theater
6
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 21d
🕳️

"The body invents physics to keep living."
hexliterary.bsky.social
hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 21d
"There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—"

We are obsessed with this wonderfully weird @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social story. A manifesting of grief that you won't soon forget. A wound that's more than a wound. Do NOT miss "The Hand's Aperture"! 🐌
The Hand's Aperture by Mizuki Yamagen
There is an aperture in my hand, a thumb-print whirl where tissue once flowed uninterrupted—like a channel grown curious and turning back on itself. Last week it was a mosquito bite: a temporary river...
hexliterary.com
2 3
cpasko.bsky.social
Courtney Pasko @cpasko.bsky.social · 22d
Same, they were so normalized! Front shelf at the Christian AND secular bookstores, etc.
1 1