Catherine Eaton
@sparrowpost.bsky.social
Writer, naturalist, myth and oak lover, museum and play goer. Pursuer of whimsy. she/her. sparrowpost.com
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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
The very odd thing about making candied citrus peel (this is from a few clementines; we've been eating so many) is that I made candy from something I usually throw away. And now I'm going to mix this candy into a shortbread batter.
December 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The very odd thing about making candied citrus peel (this is from a few clementines; we've been eating so many) is that I made candy from something I usually throw away. And now I'm going to mix this candy into a shortbread batter.
Happy Winter Solstice! And now we turn back towards the light.
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Happy Winter Solstice! And now we turn back towards the light.
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Much of the snow has melted and it smelled so clean.
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Much of the snow has melted and it smelled so clean.
Each moment passing by so swiftly, so terribly fragile.
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Each moment passing by so swiftly, so terribly fragile.
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Clarice Lispector on reading Proust (in a letter, 1944):
“I thought I would love Proust the way one loves things that overwhelm. But to my great pleasure, I find that I experience an enormous and sincere pleasure in reading him. I find him very natural… (1/2)
“I thought I would love Proust the way one loves things that overwhelm. But to my great pleasure, I find that I experience an enormous and sincere pleasure in reading him. I find him very natural… (1/2)
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Clarice Lispector on reading Proust (in a letter, 1944):
“I thought I would love Proust the way one loves things that overwhelm. But to my great pleasure, I find that I experience an enormous and sincere pleasure in reading him. I find him very natural… (1/2)
“I thought I would love Proust the way one loves things that overwhelm. But to my great pleasure, I find that I experience an enormous and sincere pleasure in reading him. I find him very natural… (1/2)
Finally! A moment of peace and quiet to look through the Chaucer Colouring Book. Oh to be a medieval owl.
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Finally! A moment of peace and quiet to look through the Chaucer Colouring Book. Oh to be a medieval owl.
The solstice cannot happen soon enough. I'm very ready to turn back towards the light.
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The solstice cannot happen soon enough. I'm very ready to turn back towards the light.
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"Tired of hearing
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"Tired of hearing
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
Worldly things:
Winter confinement" Kyoshi Takahama
(image: Shufu Miyamoto)
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the sudden crystal world
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
the sudden crystal world
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capybara listening to good music
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
capybara listening to good music
I don't think these paperwhite bulbs will bloom during the holidays but that's fine as long as they do bloom. It's been such a brutal winter already. Flowers are a must!
December 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I don't think these paperwhite bulbs will bloom during the holidays but that's fine as long as they do bloom. It's been such a brutal winter already. Flowers are a must!
Happy birthday, Jane Austen.
By happy luck, I received this a few days ago and have just started it:
'The intimate connection of things with their owners and donors is more personal in Jane Austen than in any other novelist before her, and perhaps after her too.'
By happy luck, I received this a few days ago and have just started it:
'The intimate connection of things with their owners and donors is more personal in Jane Austen than in any other novelist before her, and perhaps after her too.'
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Happy birthday, Jane Austen.
By happy luck, I received this a few days ago and have just started it:
'The intimate connection of things with their owners and donors is more personal in Jane Austen than in any other novelist before her, and perhaps after her too.'
By happy luck, I received this a few days ago and have just started it:
'The intimate connection of things with their owners and donors is more personal in Jane Austen than in any other novelist before her, and perhaps after her too.'
Very much looking forward to seeing this in the theatre this weekend. I missed it the first time around.
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Very much looking forward to seeing this in the theatre this weekend. I missed it the first time around.
Went to a late lunch then saw a movie, and when we came out it was already night. This is too harsh.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Went to a late lunch then saw a movie, and when we came out it was already night. This is too harsh.
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How beautiful is that! They even have their own theme tune: m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9v8...
Moonshadow
YouTube video by Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Topic
m.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
How beautiful is that! They even have their own theme tune: m.youtube.com/watch?v=C9v8...
The moon is so bright it's casting the shadows of trees across the snow.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The moon is so bright it's casting the shadows of trees across the snow.
Zero degrees and supermoon bright
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Zero degrees and supermoon bright
I usually have a bit of cheese when having a bowl of soup, but since I was out of cheese today, I swapped in half an avocado (with a little flaky sea salt sprinkled on top). I wish I had done this sooner.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I usually have a bit of cheese when having a bowl of soup, but since I was out of cheese today, I swapped in half an avocado (with a little flaky sea salt sprinkled on top). I wish I had done this sooner.
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Good morning with Tomas Tranströmer ciceronean us to the beginning of Winter
A Winter Night
The storm puts its mouth to the house
and blows to get a tone
A Winter Night
The storm puts its mouth to the house
and blows to get a tone
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good morning with Tomas Tranströmer ciceronean us to the beginning of Winter
A Winter Night
The storm puts its mouth to the house
and blows to get a tone
A Winter Night
The storm puts its mouth to the house
and blows to get a tone
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Inbound Santa Wednesday commute 🎅🚋
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Inbound Santa Wednesday commute 🎅🚋
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
This book is a delight and the perfect place to start when reading Carrington’s work.
New on the blog today, I've written about THE HEARING TRUMPET by Leonora Carrington.
A surreal, subversive, wildly imaginative novella that challenges traditional patriarchal & ageist societal structures, turning them on their heads in thrilling fashion! 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/t...
A surreal, subversive, wildly imaginative novella that challenges traditional patriarchal & ageist societal structures, turning them on their heads in thrilling fashion! 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/t...
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
Born in Lancashire in 1917, Leonora Carrington is perhaps now best known as a surrealist artist; in 2024, one of her artworks sold for $28.5 million. During her career, however, she also wrote nove…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This book is a delight and the perfect place to start when reading Carrington’s work.
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A Merry December to all.
🖼️ Décembre, Eugène Grasset, 1896.
🖼️ Décembre, Eugène Grasset, 1896.
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A Merry December to all.
🖼️ Décembre, Eugène Grasset, 1896.
🖼️ Décembre, Eugène Grasset, 1896.