gochenourabout
@sjgochenour.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator/cheese enthusiast.
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website: https://www.sharonjgochenour.com/
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stories: https://highflyingpoultry.wordpress.com/
website: https://www.sharonjgochenour.com/
newsletter: https://buttondown.com/SharonJGochenour
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hey! Lovestruck Books currently has ONE copy of A Bloomy Head left on the shelves!
A BLOOMY HEAD is my first historical romance, set in 1820 Shropshire. Dr. Thomas Holyoke has been unceremoniously ejected by a horrible injury from the British military, and finds himself being taken home to the chaotic family of his surgical assistant, Henry Gravenor.
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“At Protect RP we always remind people that everyone can do something, and that something will matter.” 💯 Do one more thing. 👇
“I think the most important lesson from Chicago right now is that anyone can do this and everyone should do this. The distributed nature of the movement is key.” organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“At Protect RP we always remind people that everyone can do something, and that something will matter.” 💯 Do one more thing. 👇
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Special shout out to the @nlg.org for supporting peaceful civil disobedience actions with incredible attorneys, who educate, monitor, advocate. Thank you, Jacque! ❤️👇
A group of moms from the western suburbs were arrested Friday morning during a protest against the separation of families outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.
Fourteen suburban moms arrested in sit-in protest outside Broadview ICE facility
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Special shout out to the @nlg.org for supporting peaceful civil disobedience actions with incredible attorneys, who educate, monitor, advocate. Thank you, Jacque! ❤️👇
NOT DEAD JUST COPING
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
NOT DEAD JUST COPING
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GUYS GUYS GUYS there are beautiful handmade hats and blankies but ALSO!
@oliviawaite.com made a BEADED OCTOPUS? AND IT IS AMAZING?!?!?!
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@oliviawaite.com made a BEADED OCTOPUS? AND IT IS AMAZING?!?!?!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
GUYS GUYS GUYS there are beautiful handmade hats and blankies but ALSO!
@oliviawaite.com made a BEADED OCTOPUS? AND IT IS AMAZING?!?!?!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
@oliviawaite.com made a BEADED OCTOPUS? AND IT IS AMAZING?!?!?!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
1 can protein (tuna, sardines, or chicken)
1 egg OR 1/4 cup liquid from chickpea can
1 cup shredded veg (carrot, onion, corn, or cabbage)
2 tbs flour
spices (try thyme, coriander, garlic powder, black pepper)
mix thoroughly. make 4-6 patties. shallow-fry in hot oil; eat with coleslaw.
1 egg OR 1/4 cup liquid from chickpea can
1 cup shredded veg (carrot, onion, corn, or cabbage)
2 tbs flour
spices (try thyme, coriander, garlic powder, black pepper)
mix thoroughly. make 4-6 patties. shallow-fry in hot oil; eat with coleslaw.
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
1 can protein (tuna, sardines, or chicken)
1 egg OR 1/4 cup liquid from chickpea can
1 cup shredded veg (carrot, onion, corn, or cabbage)
2 tbs flour
spices (try thyme, coriander, garlic powder, black pepper)
mix thoroughly. make 4-6 patties. shallow-fry in hot oil; eat with coleslaw.
1 egg OR 1/4 cup liquid from chickpea can
1 cup shredded veg (carrot, onion, corn, or cabbage)
2 tbs flour
spices (try thyme, coriander, garlic powder, black pepper)
mix thoroughly. make 4-6 patties. shallow-fry in hot oil; eat with coleslaw.
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Bedtime bump. Practically there. Any extra goes to affording a better mattress. $300ish is the budget for very cheap bed frame and mattress which likely will not last long.
I have to raise another $300ish dollars to afford a bed frame and a mattress for the move. I had to spend $250 on glasses. If anyone can help, I would be so grateful. Otherwise, I will be sleeping on the floor and I’m not physically capable of that. I’m sorry. Thank you.
gofund.me/72b6e44c8
gofund.me/72b6e44c8
Donate to Quiara Needs Your Help to Relocate, organized by Quiara Hazlewood
I'm Quiara, a disabled, queer, nonbinary person living in the Deep South. The pers… Quiara Hazlewood needs your support for Quiara Needs Your Help to Relocate
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November 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Bedtime bump. Practically there. Any extra goes to affording a better mattress. $300ish is the budget for very cheap bed frame and mattress which likely will not last long.
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They fired every Black woman at Teen Vogue and every trans staffer.
It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.
It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
They fired every Black woman at Teen Vogue and every trans staffer.
It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.
It is astonishing watching the American media ecosystem just falling like dominoes, bowing its knees to fascism.
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My son's go-to site. And he is an excellent cook, mostly vegetarian.
A great resource: Budget Bytes. All the recipes are tested, costed out, and have step by step instructions. My favorite dish from the site is the turkey and feta meatballs, but I make a lot of their recipes! www.budgetbytes.com
Home
Easy and delicious recipes designed for small budgets. Delicious chicken recipes, easy pasta recipes, cozy comfort foods, vegetarian recipes and more.
www.budgetbytes.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
My son's go-to site. And he is an excellent cook, mostly vegetarian.
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A BLOOMY HEAD is my first historical romance, set in 1820 Shropshire. Dr. Thomas Holyoke has been unceremoniously ejected by a horrible injury from the British military, and finds himself being taken home to the chaotic family of his surgical assistant, Henry Gravenor.
hey! Lovestruck Books currently has ONE copy of A Bloomy Head left on the shelves!
October 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A BLOOMY HEAD is my first historical romance, set in 1820 Shropshire. Dr. Thomas Holyoke has been unceremoniously ejected by a horrible injury from the British military, and finds himself being taken home to the chaotic family of his surgical assistant, Henry Gravenor.
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HEY YOU!
Looking to start your holiday shopping for the reader in your life? You're in luck! I've got queer books, bookish stickers AND awesome crocheted book sleeves and bookmarks!
All made, designed or written by me and available to ship to you for a reasonable price!
shop.foxglovefiction.com
Looking to start your holiday shopping for the reader in your life? You're in luck! I've got queer books, bookish stickers AND awesome crocheted book sleeves and bookmarks!
All made, designed or written by me and available to ship to you for a reasonable price!
shop.foxglovefiction.com
Foxglove Fiction
Candace Harper and Ceillie Simkiss are one person writing under two pen names. She is a queer, neurodivergent woman living with her family and furballs in the South.She’s known for being the overly en...
shop.foxglovefiction.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
HEY YOU!
Looking to start your holiday shopping for the reader in your life? You're in luck! I've got queer books, bookish stickers AND awesome crocheted book sleeves and bookmarks!
All made, designed or written by me and available to ship to you for a reasonable price!
shop.foxglovefiction.com
Looking to start your holiday shopping for the reader in your life? You're in luck! I've got queer books, bookish stickers AND awesome crocheted book sleeves and bookmarks!
All made, designed or written by me and available to ship to you for a reasonable price!
shop.foxglovefiction.com
yesterday I finally got up the courage to confirm with my coworkers that people mostly speak the southern Vietnamese dialect in Boston, so phew.
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
yesterday I finally got up the courage to confirm with my coworkers that people mostly speak the southern Vietnamese dialect in Boston, so phew.
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We're $1820 short for November essentials. I'm a single mom just unexpectedly laid off for the second time this year. Can you help? A quick share can make a big difference for me and my little family!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Today has been hard. The weight of all that has happened this year is crushing my heart a little. The thought of everything that needs to be done, of how hard I have always and will always have to work just to barely make ends meet feels like drowning today.
I'll rally. But god today.
I'll rally. But god today.
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're $1820 short for November essentials. I'm a single mom just unexpectedly laid off for the second time this year. Can you help? A quick share can make a big difference for me and my little family!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
I went full-time at my retail job this year, which is also the year I have made more money than I ever have before from writing. shit’s hard out here and I like having disposable income.
Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.
When people hear that I'm returning to part time work they often ask "are things not going well with your art?"
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
The problem really is things are going well, but the world is so unstable that I long for some consistency and income that I don't have to pay quarterly taxes on
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I went full-time at my retail job this year, which is also the year I have made more money than I ever have before from writing. shit’s hard out here and I like having disposable income.
re last post: I have lived with someone who I watched repeatedly get takeout instead of paying their utility bill. It sucked! I hated it!
But I am very careful about generalizing from that weird, bad experience to what other people can or should do.
But I am very careful about generalizing from that weird, bad experience to what other people can or should do.
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
re last post: I have lived with someone who I watched repeatedly get takeout instead of paying their utility bill. It sucked! I hated it!
But I am very careful about generalizing from that weird, bad experience to what other people can or should do.
But I am very careful about generalizing from that weird, bad experience to what other people can or should do.
one of the things we see reasonably often at checkout in my store are people who are distraught when they find out that the already-cooked rotisserie chickens are not covered by their SNAP benefits.
it gets tiring to keep explaining what it means to be poor to people.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
one of the things we see reasonably often at checkout in my store are people who are distraught when they find out that the already-cooked rotisserie chickens are not covered by their SNAP benefits.
friends remember how I made sure everyone knew there was moose cheese as soon as I found out
One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
friends remember how I made sure everyone knew there was moose cheese as soon as I found out
pacing and more complex plots!
What's something you'd like to improve on in your writing? #WritingPrompt
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
pacing and more complex plots!
TODAY my records of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO arrived!!!!
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
TODAY my records of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO arrived!!!!
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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I listen to French podcasts every day while I walk my dogs (to keep my receptive language sharp), and RFI has a fantastic daily one called “La Choix Musical” in which they do 5-7m on one artist from a French speaking country or performing in France. Sofia Isella was yesterday!
This song is such a banger. “We want the humans to grind; we want the engines to sing; we want machines to be human; we want humans to be machines.”
youtu.be/iyn08hoZdjY?...
youtu.be/iyn08hoZdjY?...
SOFIA ISELLA - Crowd Caffeine (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by SOFIA ISELLA
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August 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I listen to French podcasts every day while I walk my dogs (to keep my receptive language sharp), and RFI has a fantastic daily one called “La Choix Musical” in which they do 5-7m on one artist from a French speaking country or performing in France. Sofia Isella was yesterday!
aaaahahaha The Raven Tower SLAPS
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
aaaahahaha The Raven Tower SLAPS
my empathy does not extend to people who, upon hearing a new language, are not filled with craving to find textbooks/basic baby grammar videos/children’s books in that language.
the world is offering you a chance to learn and grow, which is fucking precious, okay?
the world is offering you a chance to learn and grow, which is fucking precious, okay?
if you cannot cope with hearing other languages spoken on a daily basis i have real concerns about whether your cognitive and emotional abilities are sufficient to partake in the society of adult humans
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
my empathy does not extend to people who, upon hearing a new language, are not filled with craving to find textbooks/basic baby grammar videos/children’s books in that language.
the world is offering you a chance to learn and grow, which is fucking precious, okay?
the world is offering you a chance to learn and grow, which is fucking precious, okay?
if you cannot cope with hearing other languages spoken on a daily basis i have real concerns about whether your cognitive and emotional abilities are sufficient to partake in the society of adult humans
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
if you cannot cope with hearing other languages spoken on a daily basis i have real concerns about whether your cognitive and emotional abilities are sufficient to partake in the society of adult humans
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Who’s got the story that includes “this – except for the raisins – is the body of Christ”?
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Who’s got the story that includes “this – except for the raisins – is the body of Christ”?