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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 24m

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 2h

I agree!

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 18h

Ocky? Has that come up?

small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 19h

The balcony garden is winding down, so I took in all the viable sorrel and chard (of which there was not a whole helluva lot) and made it into a sauce for this nice piece of monkfish.

And drug these Turkish-style braised green beans outta the freezer and threw some mint on them.

#cookingsky

🌱🍽️🐟

Braised green beans with tomato sauce and mint, Turkish-style

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 2d

Charred cauliflower with olives, capers, anchovies and shrimp. Parsley’s winding down on the balcony - this might be almost the last of it.

🍽🌱🍤🧄🫒

#cookingsky #homecooking

An orange bowl full of cauliflower, olives, parsley and shrimp

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 2d

Last night, in Forest Hills. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, good.

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 3d

I was waving - did you see me?

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 5d

Curled up for #caturday

#catsky 🐈‍⬛

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 5d

Sexy fainting spell

small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 6d

You should be able to buy a half bunch of celery.

#celery #cookingsky

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 6d

Caldo verde with kale from the balcony, monkfish for protein, and a nice chunk of sourdough discard focaccia.
🍽🌱🥔🐟🥬

An orange bowl of caldo verde with a slice of focaccia

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 7d

This thing looks like that thing.

East wing destruction, World Trade Center destruction

small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 8d

It was one of those mid-semester slump mornings when I dread going to class, not least because everything sucks. But somehow my students were vibrating with positive energy and enthusiasm, the little scamps, and our script table reads went better than I dared hope. Yay, students!

#academicsky

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 9d

Cauliflower steak with chimichurri; cuke, tomato and parsley salad. 🌱🍽🥒🍅

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 9d

#inktober #inktober2025

Day 20 Rivals

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 12d

Margaretville, NY says #nokings

A crowd of No Kings protesters beside a road

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 16d

Just saw a car with a small bumper sticker that said “One less Tesla” and my reaction was 1) haha 2) one fewer.

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 18d

Aw. Don't be so hard on yourself. You meant well. (And this is coming from someone who used to wake up every morning wondering who now hates me based on something I did or said the night before.)

small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 19d

The only exception is when you tell someone you look like their cousin Sandy. This has actually happened to me, and I dunno what cousin Sandy looks like, so fine!

small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 19d

If there's one thing I have learned in my many decades on the planet, it's that telling someone they look like someone else rarely goes well. Either they vehemently disagree, or they think you're calling them unattractive.

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you, @wonkettemedia.bsky.social! For choosing my boy as a cover model for this excellent story. #laszlothewondercat #catsky

www.wonkette.com/p/happy-nati...

Happy National Coming Out Day!

An actual holiday, for once!

www.wonkette.com

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 19d

Hope to see you there!

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small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 20d

And you haven’t even gotten to Friedman.

small h @helenjp.bsky.social · 21d

It's my fishmonger's term for what most people probably call sand shark, a steak-y mild fish