The Cutthroat Diaries

Kim Barnes, author and angler, channeling a little Izaak Walton and dreaming of tight lines over clear, blue waters
My logger father hated making kindling, but I kind of love chopping wood into small, geometric sticks.

My logger father hated making kindling, but I kind of love chopping wood into small, geometric sticks.

bookporn:

Sweet Serenity of Books

Viewing pleasure

bookporn:

Sweet Serenity of Books

Viewing pleasure

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Cat sleeping on short stories—classic.

Cat sleeping on short stories—classic.

Palouse daybreak

Palouse daybreak

Opening up to the sky…

Opening up to the sky…

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Memory Traps by Charles Simic | NYRblog | The New York Review o

“I believe it was Aristotle who said that memory—which he regarded as a collection of mental pictures with a time element added to each of them—belongs to the same part of the soul as the imagination.”

5 months ago
bookshelfporn:

The Presidential library

bookshelfporn:

The Presidential library

Mortal truth

Mortal truth

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unypl:

on the left he’s reading “Cloud Atlas,” by David Mitchell. on the right she’s reading “The Namesake,” by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Cloud Atlas: Borrow I Read
The Namesake: Borrow I Read

unypl:

on the left he’s reading “Cloud Atlas,” by David Mitchell. on the right she’s reading “The Namesake,” by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Cloud AtlasBorrow I Read

The Namesake: Borrow I Read

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Gee, it’s sure good to be home from the cold and snow of Fairbanks! (Sigh.)

Gee, it’s sure good to be home from the cold and snow of Fairbanks! (Sigh.)

Completely unpacking my bags for the first time since book tour started in May. The Alaska Airlines tag that’s flown thousands and thousands of miles just fell off in my hands. I think it deserves it’s own frequent flyer account.

Completely unpacking my bags for the first time since book tour started in May. The Alaska Airlines tag that’s flown thousands and thousands of miles just fell off in my hands. I think it deserves it’s own frequent flyer account.

Painting by Ellen Vieth

Painting by Ellen Vieth

Opal thinks my new office rug was put down just for her.

Opal thinks my new office rug was put down just for her.

Guess where?

Guess where?