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Courtney Pasko
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Reader, writer, library girl
Country mouse living in Baltimore
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https://www.courtneypasko.com/
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Ideal walkabout weather today 🍂
Very pretty, vivid red leaves against a blue sky Golden autumn forest near stony run Black old-fashioned street lamp in front of colorful fall foliage One of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s stone lions
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Since we’re talking beautiful orangey boys:
Very cute orange tabby cat asleep on a blue sweater atop a white bedspread. He’s backlit by sun coming through a set of bay windows.
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I'm so glad this ep made me look up these photos:
Actor Oscar Isaac on the set of Inside Llewyn Davis. He's holding a silly-looking stuffed orange cat, standing in for the real cat in the movie. Actor Oscar Isaac on the set of Inside Llewyn Davis. He's holding a guitar case and a silly-looking stuffed orange cat, standing in for the real cat in the movie.
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Numbers aside, a wood-burning fire next to a clawfoot tub is my idea of heaven:
Photo of a nice bathroom. The wood beams are exposed in the ceiling above, and a white claw-foot bathtub sits in front of a small wood-burning fireplace. A tree with yellow autumn foliage is visible through the window.
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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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.
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Or… do I
Photo of Harrison Ford as John Book in the movie “Witness.”
October 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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.”
October 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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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.
October 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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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.
September 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Yes, I’m here to see the gay musicians movie
A rainbow over an AMC theater
September 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Still a lot to do (there’s no hardware up, for one) but with 24 hours to go until our first guest I can say it’s no longer an active construction zone and everything that needs to function does! Yay!
Photo of a very sad-looking beige half bath The same half bath but less sad now because it has nice flowered wallpaper and pretty blue wainscoting
September 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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So fun to celebrate the 250th year of Jane Austen at Goucher College today with some tea and a snoop around the archives 📚
First edition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, from Alberta Burke’s collection at Goucher College. A plate of yummy tea desserts next to a teapot and a sticker reading “If a book is well-written, I always find it too short. - Jane Austen” First edition of the illustrated Pride and Prejudice, aka the Peacock Edition. First edition of Jane Austen’s Emma, from Alberta Burke’s collection at Goucher College.
September 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Oh hello!!
A monarch butterfly caterpillar on the stem of a milkweed plant in soft early morning light.
September 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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To celebrate, please recommend me a short story collection! I’m currently reading Extinction Capital of the World, by Mariah Riggs.
A hand holding up the book “Extinction Capital of the World,” by Mariah Rigg, in front of a bookshelf.
September 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Didn’t see any otters at the otters & wine event
A screenshot from the movie “First Reformed.” Ethan Hawke as Reverend Toller is looking in a mirror, adjusting a bomb.
September 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I'm the #1 fan of her work in La La Land, but somehow I never knew that Mary Zophres was behind the costumes for The Big Lebowski as well! What a legend.
Screencap of Jeff Bridges as The Dude in the film "The Big Lebowski." Bridges is lounging in the back of a limo, one foot on the seat, and holding a White Russian cocktail. He's wearing a ratty sweatshirt, v-neck tee, short plaid shorts, and clear jelly sandals. Screencap from the movie "La La Land." Emma Stone as Mia is seen from behind, standing at the front of a movie theater, backlit by the projector and wearing a stunning emerald green cocktail dress. Ryan Gosling as Sebastian is standing in the audience, looking at Mia and wearing a tan suit.
August 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A short line at Blacksauce, fig sandwiches on the menu, it’s 61 degrees, and Dobson’s still dead. Happy Saturday.
A biscuit sandwich with figs, microgreens, and manchego sticking out of a foil wrap. In the background is the 32nd St Farmers’ Market in Waverly.
August 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Saw so many deer on my walk up St. Paul this morning!
August 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Buncha library holds came in at once ⭐
Stack of five books in front of a window: - Pathemata, by Maggie Nelson - The Möbius Book, by Catherine Lacey - Wildcat Done, by Yūko Tsushima - The Isle of Youth, by Laura van den Berg - In the Miso Soup, by Ryū Murakami
July 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Would somebody with taste please reissue this book so I can stop looking at this cover?
A hand holding up the book “You Are Now Entering The Human Heart” by Janet Frame in front of a bookshelf. The cover is apple green with a small portrait of a woman, and the title text is arranged in a really awkward way.
July 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Today’s harvest (picking a little green to thwart the birds) 🍅
A hand full of cherry tomatoes in front of a green tomato plant and a grey fence
July 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Problem solved: www.anthropologie.com/shop/the-ico...
Photo of a brass-colored lamp shaped like an otter floating on their back, holding a glowing light on their belly. It's ridiculous and adorable.
July 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Some contractor came through our alley and removed a bunch of weird dangly wires AND left the bird’s nest in one of the enclosures alone :)
Photo of a black wire enclosure on a telephone line against a blue sky. Peeking out of the bottom of the enclosure is a bird’s nest.
July 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The "orange cloud" (cat) in question. He's sitting in a red armchair in front of a yellow cloud in a very funny way, almost sitting up like a people but with one back leg crossed in front.
June 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Been stretching this collection out so I didn’t finish it too fast but finally had to come to the end. All hits, no misses.
The story collection “Are You Happy?” By Lori Ostlund with a Greedy Reads green bookmark peeking from the top, sitting on a brown table next to a cup of coffee.
June 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM