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Writer/illustrator/cheese enthusiast. stories: https://highflyingpoultry.wordpress.com/ website: https://www.sharonjgochenour.com/ newsletter: https://buttondown.com/SharonJGochenour

view along one of the colonnaded cloister gardens at the met cloisters. at the far end the colonnade turns the corner and heads off to the right. the roof is tiled; the garden is full of germs and yellow fennel and tree which looks kind of like a cherry.
a brown tabby with white tum lying upon his back upon the wood floor. he is gazing foolishly at the camera.
a brown tabby’s head and paws just barely appearing from behind a blackout curtain to brace on a brown wingback
photo of a green maple tree against an eerily pale orange sky. It is noon.
hardback of the novella Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer. it is pink with a photo of a vertical syringe and needle in the center.
tapestry from the met cloisters, “The Unicorn Defends Himself,” in which the white unicorn kicks his hind legs and stabs a dog, while multiple dudes with spears prepare to stab the unicorn.
White plastic bowl full of dill, rosemary, thyme, oregano
cover of The King in the Forest by Juniper Butterworth, showing a deer man striding through the forest with bow and arrow
anthropeum game score: final tally 75,906. current streak 1 day. games played 1. today’s players 18,259. you placed top 6%.
Cover of THE KING IN THE FOREST by Juniper Butterworth, with an antlered figure striding through the woods
my two language shelves of books. on top are: swedish, my college japanese textbooks, an assortment of older japanese dictionaries and grammars, my grandmother’s japanese grammar which is covered in blue fabric and is also an older edition on my textbook, more japanese grammar guides I purchased. on the bottom are an assortment of portuguese books, a guide to Breton, and a few french novels.
a different view of a sleeping tabby with white nose. his lil paw is tucked up against his face.
a brown tabby with white nose curled up asleep on a grayish couch. behind him, a desk and three shelves are stuffed with books.
cover of THE KING IN THE FOREST by Juniper z butterworth, showing s deer-headed man holding a large bow striding through the forest.
the same tabby gentleman embiggened so the viewer can admire his sleeping smile upon his cat chair
a tabby cat with white chest and paws snoozes on a brown wingback, his face one of utter contentment
brown tabby standing on a windowsill so he can get his nose right up against the window bird feeder
three covers in a row: THE CHANGELING, PRIEST-QUEEN, and THE DRAGON UNDER THE HILL by JUNIPER BUTTERWORTH. They have watercolor illustrations of two humans and a goblin riding horses through the forest; a man and a goblin kneeling before a woman in priest’s robes in a temple; and a gray man and a small woman extricating a purple dragon from inside a hedge.
interim cover of The King in the Forest by Juniper Butterworth with watercolor trees in the background
tabby cat with white paws and nose curled up on the edge of a fleece blanket, having a snooze
photo of a clear plastic birdhouse stuck to a window with a layer of seeds inside.
brown tabby with white nose and paws in a sleepy croissant shape upon a fleece blanket on a wrinkly sheet
A chonkin red cardinal in a clear plastic bird feeder attached with suction cups to a window, in front of some white and blue houses across the street.
brown tabby cat stares intently at window, tail and butt a-wiggling, whilst making faint bird chattering noises
hawthorn loafs upon the brown wingback which the cat chair. hawthorn is brown tabby with a white nose.
a luxurious magnolia tree with many pink and white blossoms in front of a red brick back bay mansion row house under a blue blue sky
a silly brown tabby crouches on the edge of a brown table, looking back at the viewer with an expression of incipient mischief.
a black and white drawing of a kitty being very silly on the edge of a table set as the background wallpaper for an iphone. the clock reads Tuesday, April 21. 1:45. I have but 14% battery left.
Hawthorn, a brown tabby with white nose and white socks, dozes in a sunbeam on a dark gray sofa, his lil paws extended in front of him.
a veeeeery sleepy orange kitty stretches one paw out across my plaid-clad chest. we are horizontal upon the couch.
two pairs of birkenstock sandals next to each other. the ones on the left are smooth and worn to the shape of my foot; the ones on the right are new and pale.
tabby kitty with his nose tucked under his tail, snuggled into a quilt on a couch
brown tabby with white paw extended with sleepy snoozy eyes, loafing atop a scrabble box atop a radiator cover
brown and white husky looking over the fence in front of a house. they have a congenial facial expression.
old-ass photo of a white human wearing a gray silk shirt, orange wool skirt, and bright blue tights
a pink hand flipping up a stack of flour tortillas lying on a black cooling rack
Record of Il Trovatore with an illustration of two 17th-century dudes bashing at each other with swords while a worried-looking woman stands between them. TEXT: Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore Der Troubadour - Le Trouvère Antonietta Stella • Fiorenza Cossotto• Carlo Bergonzi •Ettore Bastianir Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Milano Tullio Serafin
record of Il Trovatore with a photo of a crabby-looking young white man with a thin mustache on the cover. He’s wearing a blue and white costume in the style of the 16th or 17th century and earrings. Text: VERDI IL Trovatore • COMPLETE RECORDING MARIO DEL MONACO RENATA TEBALDI GIULIETTA SIMIONATO GIORGIO TOZZI
1978 record of Il Trovatore with a very psychedelic 70s illustration of a young man in 17th century garb playing a mandolin. Text: VERDI IL TROVATORE LEONTYNE PRICE • ELENA OBRAZTSÓVA FRANCO BONISOLLI • PIERO CAPPUCCILLI : RUGGERO RAIMONDI • Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (Chorus Master: Walter Hagen-Groll), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. HERBERT VON KARAJAN
a brown tabby on the corner of a table looking over his shoulder at the camera in an attitude of imminent crime
small quilt made of cream, red, and blue pieces on a wood floor
a concrete stair, railings, and pillars framing what appears to have once been a door but is now just a wall covered in plastic siding.
a raccoon dog! with lil foldy ears and smooth black paws and a great deal of fluff.
hawthorn the brown tabby with white socks curled into a weird ball on the couch, viewing the camera through sleepy eyes
picture of a white sealyham terrier bedecked in jewelry and hair bows sitting in a white teen’s lap as they sit cross-legged on the floor in front of a fridge.
Bruce T. Catt, a smug-looking orange tabby, lies on my chest as i lie on the couch, and squished the anxiety out of me
in her defense it is really interesting. if you say for example— hey how did freemasonry influence Voodoo it will tell you much quicker than getting a book and reading it.
page of text from THE CHICAGO GUIDE TO FACT-CHECKING. what we fact-check. * the spelling of names and places. * physical descriptions of people, places, and things * dates * ages * pronouns * quotes * numbers * measurements and conversions * geographic locations and descriptions * scientific or technical explanations * titles, job descriptions, and affiliations * details about products including prices, specifications, and descriptions * quotes from movies or other well-known media * historical quotes or stories, even those that are widely assumed to be true * illustrations and photos, including the captions * definitions and word choices * overarching arguments * even things that aren’t on this list * even the thing you just checked last week * even things you think you know are true
pink hand holding a paperback of THE CHICAGO GUIDE TO FACT-CHECKING, Second Edition, by Brooke Borel, on which are a lot of horizontal highlighter lines.
pink hand holding a paperback of Queering the Underworld: Slumming, Literature, and the Undoing of Lesbian and Gay History by Scott Herring, with an illustration of men in dresses dancing under the drapery of gay jesus.
a pink hand holding up a pistachio-bedecked mini cannoli in the afternoon sunlight, over a metal sidewalk table with a brown cardboard box open on it.
cover of a paperback of In Defense of Processed Foods, by Anastacia Marx de Salcedo, showing a midcentury graphic of a smiling woman in a fitted green dress and pearls, holding a tray with . . . ham? . . . on it.
a white teen dressed as a Victorian matron makes a horrible face while sitting. they are wearing a giant green skirt with rosettes, a green ruffled blouse, and a giant green-trimmed hat.
a white teen standing on the set of the Importance of Being Earnest, wearing a roughly 1890s costume, with a maroon skirt and a maroon and blue patterned blouse with mutton chop sleeves. their mouth is OPEN. their hat is LARGE.
hawthorn the kitty (a brown tabby with lil white paws) snoozing away upon the couch whilst being lit by a narrow beam of sunlight
a pink hand holding a paperback of The Human Shore by John R. Gillis. It has a painting of 19th-century white folks gathered on the beach.
a pink hand holding a gray book with illustrated oysters on the front. THE EDIBLE SERIES. OYSTER: A GLOBAL HISTORY, by CAROLYN TILLIE.
triangle of U, showing how Brassica juncea (Indian mustard), Brassica nigra (black mustard), and Brassica carinata (Ethiopian mustard) [these are across the top of the triangle), interbreed with Brassica rapa (turnip, Chinese cabbage) and Brassica oleracea (cabbage) [these are the two sides of the triangle], and Brassica napus (rapeseed, suede) [this is the point of the triangle] to form a whole universe of delicious veg
a pink hand holding a green book with an illustration of beautiful cabbages. THE EDIBLE SERIES Cabbage: A Global History Meg Muckenhoupt