Catherine Eaton
@sparrowpost.bsky.social
Writer, naturalist, myth and oak lover, museum and play goer. Pursuer of whimsy. she/her. sparrowpost.com
The little creek has frozen and has turned into a small road for the creatures here. It's a busy single lane.
January 23, 2026 at 2:03 AM
The little creek has frozen and has turned into a small road for the creatures here. It's a busy single lane.
Whenever Tom Waits talks (in Jarmusch's new film), he makes it sound like poetry. "And I chop, chop, CHOP." So enjoyable and mesmerizing.
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Whenever Tom Waits talks (in Jarmusch's new film), he makes it sound like poetry. "And I chop, chop, CHOP." So enjoyable and mesmerizing.
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'Vogue' cup and saucer. Eric Slater for Shelley. 1930.
Image: V&A.
Image: V&A.
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
'Vogue' cup and saucer. Eric Slater for Shelley. 1930.
Image: V&A.
Image: V&A.
A spring so gentle, I might survive myself.
Paul Valéry, Untitled notebook (transl. Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody)
Paul Valéry, Untitled notebook (transl. Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody)
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
A spring so gentle, I might survive myself.
Paul Valéry, Untitled notebook (transl. Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody)
Paul Valéry, Untitled notebook (transl. Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody)
My resolution for this year is to read more Muriel Spark.
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
My resolution for this year is to read more Muriel Spark.
Yellow tea is wonderful. It has a fresh brightness I haven't tasted in a tea before.
January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Yellow tea is wonderful. It has a fresh brightness I haven't tasted in a tea before.
My neighbor went by walking her corgis and one was in a long sweater. Today has not been wasted.
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
My neighbor went by walking her corgis and one was in a long sweater. Today has not been wasted.
on this day, four years ago
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
on this day, four years ago
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Ten writing prompts instead of these if I were In Charge: substack.com/@avmarraccin...
A.V. Marraccini (@avmarraccini)
Ten writing prompts if I was In Charge:
1- Write the dictionary entry for a specific term in the language of the crows, including an etymology and use cases
2- Make a Metabolist architecture but in...
substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Ten writing prompts instead of these if I were In Charge: substack.com/@avmarraccin...
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We all live in the desire
of a far-off magic
of a far-off magic
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 AM
We all live in the desire
of a far-off magic
of a far-off magic
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#SundaySarton
Great Grandmother Agnès Thérèse (from France): “looked rather like Queen Victoria, placid & maternal, and was followed to Mass (so my father often told me) by her fourteen cats.” (p18) 🐈⬛
Great Grandmother Agnès Thérèse (from France): “looked rather like Queen Victoria, placid & maternal, and was followed to Mass (so my father often told me) by her fourteen cats.” (p18) 🐈⬛
January 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
#SundaySarton
Great Grandmother Agnès Thérèse (from France): “looked rather like Queen Victoria, placid & maternal, and was followed to Mass (so my father often told me) by her fourteen cats.” (p18) 🐈⬛
Great Grandmother Agnès Thérèse (from France): “looked rather like Queen Victoria, placid & maternal, and was followed to Mass (so my father often told me) by her fourteen cats.” (p18) 🐈⬛
I wondered what Lolly Willowes would be like reading the second time around. Would it be just as good? Yes, possibly more so. It's utterly delightful and I'm so glad to be reading it again. #NYRBWomen26
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I wondered what Lolly Willowes would be like reading the second time around. Would it be just as good? Yes, possibly more so. It's utterly delightful and I'm so glad to be reading it again. #NYRBWomen26
It’s too cloudy to see the moon tonight. letting go of lunar desires
January 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
It’s too cloudy to see the moon tonight. letting go of lunar desires
I must come here again. The staff and selection were excellent.
January 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I must come here again. The staff and selection were excellent.
Yoko Ono, Painting in Three Stanzas
Let a vine grow.
Water every day.
The first stanza - till the vine spreads.
The second stanza - till the vine withers.
The third stanza- till the wall vanished.
Let a vine grow.
Water every day.
The first stanza - till the vine spreads.
The second stanza - till the vine withers.
The third stanza- till the wall vanished.
January 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Yoko Ono, Painting in Three Stanzas
Let a vine grow.
Water every day.
The first stanza - till the vine spreads.
The second stanza - till the vine withers.
The third stanza- till the wall vanished.
Let a vine grow.
Water every day.
The first stanza - till the vine spreads.
The second stanza - till the vine withers.
The third stanza- till the wall vanished.
Yoko Ono's exhibit at the MCA is a breath of fresh air. One of my favorite parts was when she sold pieces of mornings, each a shard of glass.
January 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Yoko Ono's exhibit at the MCA is a breath of fresh air. One of my favorite parts was when she sold pieces of mornings, each a shard of glass.
Dreamy snowy day in downtown Chicago. Clouds wrap and unwrap the skyscrapers; the tallest one in the back is completely shrouded.
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Dreamy snowy day in downtown Chicago. Clouds wrap and unwrap the skyscrapers; the tallest one in the back is completely shrouded.
The moon, here and then gone, wrapped in clouds.
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The moon, here and then gone, wrapped in clouds.
Sunshine and flowers are a good start.
January 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Sunshine and flowers are a good start.
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“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been…”
Rainer Maria Rilke, in a letter to his wife, the sculptor Clara Rilke, on January 1, 1907
(Translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M.D. Herter Norton)
#everynightapoem #january
Rainer Maria Rilke, in a letter to his wife, the sculptor Clara Rilke, on January 1, 1907
(Translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M.D. Herter Norton)
#everynightapoem #january
January 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been…”
Rainer Maria Rilke, in a letter to his wife, the sculptor Clara Rilke, on January 1, 1907
(Translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M.D. Herter Norton)
#everynightapoem #january
Rainer Maria Rilke, in a letter to his wife, the sculptor Clara Rilke, on January 1, 1907
(Translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M.D. Herter Norton)
#everynightapoem #january
He's everywhere I go. #AContinuation25
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
He's everywhere I go. #AContinuation25
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LOLLY WILLOWES is celebrating its 100th birthday(!!) & this STW classic will be our first book for #NYRBWomen26, starting January 3! Details here: www.joiedevivre9.com/nyrbwomen26....
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
LOLLY WILLOWES is celebrating its 100th birthday(!!) & this STW classic will be our first book for #NYRBWomen26, starting January 3! Details here: www.joiedevivre9.com/nyrbwomen26....
Happy New Year, friends.
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Happy New Year, friends.
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Joseph Cornell. Untitled (Tilly Losch). 1935.
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Joseph Cornell. Untitled (Tilly Losch). 1935.
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Helen Frankenthaler, Cameo, 1980. Woodcut
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Helen Frankenthaler, Cameo, 1980. Woodcut