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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a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
I found this ticket stub in the pocket of an old coat and have absolutely no memory of seeing it. Since it's a Coen brothers film, a rewatch is in order.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I found this ticket stub in the pocket of an old coat and have absolutely no memory of seeing it. Since it's a Coen brothers film, a rewatch is in order.
Mulling over this list today. I’ve read some but there’s many to go.
www.virago.co.uk/imprint/lbbg...
www.virago.co.uk/imprint/lbbg...
Virago Modern Classic Collection
Visit the post for more.
www.virago.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Mulling over this list today. I’ve read some but there’s many to go.
www.virago.co.uk/imprint/lbbg...
www.virago.co.uk/imprint/lbbg...
The chickadees have a lot to say this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The chickadees have a lot to say this morning.
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This is so charming. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is so charming. apnews.com/article/louv...
November is for Jean Follain
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
November is for Jean Follain
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What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
The wide leg pants out now are much better than the ones I wore in the 00's. And I daresay, they may be even wider.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The wide leg pants out now are much better than the ones I wore in the 00's. And I daresay, they may be even wider.
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Another Robert Bly miniature. Really feeling the presence of his old friend James Wright in this one.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Another Robert Bly miniature. Really feeling the presence of his old friend James Wright in this one.
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Even those who love movies may feel that they can't always handle the emotions that a film heats up. They need to talk to friends, to read critics, in order to understand why they're reacting as they are, and whether it's an aberration or others feel the same way. (1976)
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Even those who love movies may feel that they can't always handle the emotions that a film heats up. They need to talk to friends, to read critics, in order to understand why they're reacting as they are, and whether it's an aberration or others feel the same way. (1976)
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Clouds shift and the light moves.
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Clouds shift and the light moves.
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a hazy darkness—yet the moon,
Denise Levertov, “Alchemy”
Denise Levertov, “Alchemy”
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
a hazy darkness—yet the moon,
Denise Levertov, “Alchemy”
Denise Levertov, “Alchemy”
Just started this because there's no way I can say no
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just started this because there's no way I can say no
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Anyhow, have you seen Rama Duwaji's illustrated ceramics? They are so moving! www.ramaduwaji.com/ceramics
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Anyhow, have you seen Rama Duwaji's illustrated ceramics? They are so moving! www.ramaduwaji.com/ceramics
Eating my dinner and minding my own business, looked out the kitchen window and there's the moon gazing down, already so big and full! Just the other day it was a skinny little thing
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Eating my dinner and minding my own business, looked out the kitchen window and there's the moon gazing down, already so big and full! Just the other day it was a skinny little thing
I don't believe in slippers that don't cover the ankles. I live too far north for such nonsense.
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I don't believe in slippers that don't cover the ankles. I live too far north for such nonsense.
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I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
the great horned owls are calling and the air is cool and crisp.
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
the great horned owls are calling and the air is cool and crisp.
A most unexpected mention of Proust (and his father!) while reading Love in the Time of Cholera. The man is everywhere. #AContination25
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A most unexpected mention of Proust (and his father!) while reading Love in the Time of Cholera. The man is everywhere. #AContination25
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I was going to attend the ball of ghosts and witches,
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I was going to attend the ball of ghosts and witches,
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
A delegation would appear there in masks and wigs,
And dance, unrecognized, in the chorus of the living.
Czeslaw Milosz, All Hallow's Eve
#everynightapoem
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