gochenourabout
@sjgochenour.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator/cheese enthusiast.
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stories: https://highflyingpoultry.wordpress.com/
website: https://www.sharonjgochenour.com/
newsletter: https://buttondown.com/SharonJGochenour
and he was right and just to do so
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
and he was right and just to do so
oh yeah that was, and remains, almost inconceivable, despite it demonstrably happening to me.
but like . . . my numbers on my books before we’re far far more modest, but I suspect still not awful in the grand indie scheme of things.
but like . . . my numbers on my books before we’re far far more modest, but I suspect still not awful in the grand indie scheme of things.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
oh yeah that was, and remains, almost inconceivable, despite it demonstrably happening to me.
but like . . . my numbers on my books before we’re far far more modest, but I suspect still not awful in the grand indie scheme of things.
but like . . . my numbers on my books before we’re far far more modest, but I suspect still not awful in the grand indie scheme of things.
hell yeah, I need these.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
hell yeah, I need these.
absolutely. I assume everyone is doing better than me automatically! and it’s not always the case!
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
absolutely. I assume everyone is doing better than me automatically! and it’s not always the case!
sure, but even if I give a friend $100 today, that may not cover a week of groceries, and it wouldn’t get you a place to stay for the night in most cities.
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
sure, but even if I give a friend $100 today, that may not cover a week of groceries, and it wouldn’t get you a place to stay for the night in most cities.
but now . . . ugh.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
but now . . . ugh.
and one only has to compare Baldwin’s essays about Harlem and Didion’s writing about being a young white woman in New York making it on scraps of writing to see that class mobility was still very much limited to certain people.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
and one only has to compare Baldwin’s essays about Harlem and Didion’s writing about being a young white woman in New York making it on scraps of writing to see that class mobility was still very much limited to certain people.
yeah without a doubt! to be clear, the book depicted that year as a very dark and even hopeless one, with a huge number of homeless and struggling veterans (among others).
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
yeah without a doubt! to be clear, the book depicted that year as a very dark and even hopeless one, with a huge number of homeless and struggling veterans (among others).
*DENSE urban area
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
*DENSE urban area
oooo sounds lovely! enjoy!
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
oooo sounds lovely! enjoy!
in really basic ways, like: the ability to run a bookstore in a sense urban area. the ability to let someone stay for free in your apartment for a long period of time. the ability to give someone $10 and have it matter at all.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
in really basic ways, like: the ability to run a bookstore in a sense urban area. the ability to let someone stay for free in your apartment for a long period of time. the ability to give someone $10 and have it matter at all.
I just finished Cat Sebastian’s amazing After Hours at Dooryard Books, which is set in New York in 1968. and while I would certainly not trade the social freedom I now have, the depiction of the financial freedom of that decade really gave me pause.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I just finished Cat Sebastian’s amazing After Hours at Dooryard Books, which is set in New York in 1968. and while I would certainly not trade the social freedom I now have, the depiction of the financial freedom of that decade really gave me pause.
they can be spontaneous!
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
they can be spontaneous!
you are so generous to share this info!
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
you are so generous to share this info!
my basic-ass black tea went up $4 a pound between january and april. I’m scared to check now.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
my basic-ass black tea went up $4 a pound between january and april. I’m scared to check now.
I am planning to buy a refurbished older model when this one dies for my banking and work app stuff. I’m so tired.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I am planning to buy a refurbished older model when this one dies for my banking and work app stuff. I’m so tired.
these days it is very hard for me to walk out of a bookstore without buying at least one book, and I visit my two preferred locals 1-3 times a week. um.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
these days it is very hard for me to walk out of a bookstore without buying at least one book, and I visit my two preferred locals 1-3 times a week. um.
my spending choices are highly questionable but they do reflect my values!
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
my spending choices are highly questionable but they do reflect my values!
I do not have the emotional fortitude to cope with clickbait bad-faith pop journalism at this point in my life. I should maybe not be allowed on social media.
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I do not have the emotional fortitude to cope with clickbait bad-faith pop journalism at this point in my life. I should maybe not be allowed on social media.
I am in no way joking
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I am in no way joking