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Jennifer W. Hanson
@jenniferwhanson.bsky.social
Copyeditor & indexer specializing in books on birds/birding. Writing a NJ moth guide. NWS weather spotter. Free-range birding librarian/archivist. She/her.
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Hello to my new followers from @tanyagold.bsky.social’s editing starter pack! I’m a copyeditor, indexer & writer who posts about my varied interests, including birds, moths, old buildings, horses, genealogy, New Jersey, baseball…Sometimes I even post about editorial stuff.
Watching the Weather Channel hosts reminisce about sledding as kids put me in mind of my Batman sled.
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
@editrix-rachel.bsky.social Look what I found in the local Shaw’s today!
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
1.5” in the rain gauge in Eastham, MA, from yesterday’s rain (no snow). Spotter #21-241. #mawx @wx1box.bsky.social @capecodweather.net
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Made my first pick for Fantasy Blizzard this season. Gettng out of the gate with my first Caribou, ME, pick. www.fantasyblizzard.com Still time to enter if you're so inclined.
FantasyBlizzard.com
www.fantasyblizzard.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Cerulean Warbler
Siberian Jay
Smew
Luna Moth
Northern Gray Treefrog

(I was thinking of Cerulean Warbler before I saw Ursula’s entry)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Jennifer W. Hanson
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I assume everyone else here makes gravy from scratch. I doctor McCormick gravy mixes by mixing them with chicken stock instead of water. Today, I made brown gravy but sautéed sliced button mushrooms in bacon fat, then added one part chicken stock, one part marsala and mixed it for mashed potatoes.
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Starting the day with a croissant with butter. Looking forward to the upcoming Fantasy Blizzard season.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’m still deciding what the Meal of the Day is. (Not turkey.) I have an idea for gravy with marsala, chicken stock and mushrooms. Totally winging it by inventing a recipe.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@ivacheung.com You probably could do a whole month just of train songs.
#LyricsPrompt
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My understanding is that tonight’s installment of “The American Revolution” will involve the crossing of the Delaware, so I apologize in advance for any intemperate posting I may do.
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Currently killing time until “The American Revolution” starts. That’ll take care of my week.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Flurrying lightly in Eastham on outer Cape Cod. #mawx
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ooh. The Bloödcheëp shirt has landed. @rosemarymosco.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just saw the first junco of the season in the yard in Eastham, MA. #winterbirdalert #capecodlife 🪶
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Jennifer W. Hanson
@jenniferwhanson.bsky.social you are the Spun Glass Slug Moth
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Gonna spend the rest of the day hiding from #baseball opt-out news. :/
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Oh, godammit! #baseball At least I can finally fall asleep without guilt. I’m sorry, Toronto.
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Vladdy! #baseball
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Well, it’s a little late in the season for this but I think I’m going to try and hashtag all my #baseball posts with the hashtag I just used. Mute away!
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
1.7” in the rain gauge this morning in Eastham, MA. Sunny with a light breeze. #mawx @wx1box.bsky.social @capecodweather.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Dropping this song here for anyone that needs it. "Stress" by Jim's Big Ego. Everything else on this album is terrific, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmzk...
Stress
YouTube video by Jim's Big Ego - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reposted by Jennifer W. Hanson
Thank you National Hurricane Center, NWS and flight crews working to warn us about #HurricaneMelissa even as the government remains shutdown
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Condolences to Mariners fans. Go Jays!
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM