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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My annual post about the difference between hoar frost and rime.
Hoar: water vapour transforms directly into frost (deposition). Happens when it's clear and cold and the crystals are small.
Rime: water vapour in the ice forms ice. Happens when warm and foggy. Much longer and long-lived crystals
Hoar: water vapour transforms directly into frost (deposition). Happens when it's clear and cold and the crystals are small.
Rime: water vapour in the ice forms ice. Happens when warm and foggy. Much longer and long-lived crystals
February 13, 2026 at 3:48 AM
My annual post about the difference between hoar frost and rime.
Hoar: water vapour transforms directly into frost (deposition). Happens when it's clear and cold and the crystals are small.
Rime: water vapour in the ice forms ice. Happens when warm and foggy. Much longer and long-lived crystals
Hoar: water vapour transforms directly into frost (deposition). Happens when it's clear and cold and the crystals are small.
Rime: water vapour in the ice forms ice. Happens when warm and foggy. Much longer and long-lived crystals
Winter is receding a little. Just a little.
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Winter is receding a little. Just a little.
The most mysterious Olympic winter sport: ice dancing. Closely followed by curling.
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The most mysterious Olympic winter sport: ice dancing. Closely followed by curling.
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[Temperance tarot card by Leonora Carrington]
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
[Temperance tarot card by Leonora Carrington]
The weather's gotten warm enough that I no longer have to wear three layers indoors.
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The weather's gotten warm enough that I no longer have to wear three layers indoors.
I repotted this (and with better soil for a cyclamen) and it has rewarded me in the middle of winter. Plants are top-notch.
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I repotted this (and with better soil for a cyclamen) and it has rewarded me in the middle of winter. Plants are top-notch.
I wasn't expecting this chapter in My Name is Red yet here it is. I'll be sad when this book is over.
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I wasn't expecting this chapter in My Name is Red yet here it is. I'll be sad when this book is over.
The river was such a deep dark blue today.
February 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The river was such a deep dark blue today.
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"There is nothing you can see that is not a flower;
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon." ― Basho Matsuo (tr. R.H.Blyth)
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon." ― Basho Matsuo (tr. R.H.Blyth)
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 AM
"There is nothing you can see that is not a flower;
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon." ― Basho Matsuo (tr. R.H.Blyth)
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
There is nothing you can think that is not the moon." ― Basho Matsuo (tr. R.H.Blyth)
(image: Hoitsu Sakai)
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Current* conditions near Sister Bay, WI:
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Current* conditions near Sister Bay, WI:
An electrifying start to Bessette's Lili is Crying #AContinuation
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
An electrifying start to Bessette's Lili is Crying #AContinuation
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Good morning with German poetry Saturday.
Inge Muller
How
Tr. Charlotte Melin
How can one make poems
Louder than the cries of the wounded
Inge Muller
How
Tr. Charlotte Melin
How can one make poems
Louder than the cries of the wounded
January 31, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Good morning with German poetry Saturday.
Inge Muller
How
Tr. Charlotte Melin
How can one make poems
Louder than the cries of the wounded
Inge Muller
How
Tr. Charlotte Melin
How can one make poems
Louder than the cries of the wounded
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"all sorts of fools
moon-gaze too...
winter prayers" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Hiroshige Utagawa)
moon-gaze too...
winter prayers" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Hiroshige Utagawa)
January 27, 2026 at 6:01 AM
"all sorts of fools
moon-gaze too...
winter prayers" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Hiroshige Utagawa)
moon-gaze too...
winter prayers" Issa Kobayashi
(image: Hiroshige Utagawa)
amazing to think these will come in spring
January 30, 2026 at 11:13 PM
amazing to think these will come in spring
some evenings are for eating popcorn and spacing out.
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
some evenings are for eating popcorn and spacing out.
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...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Ten writing prompts instead of these if I were In Charge: substack.com/@avmarraccin...