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Kathryn McGowan
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Brooklynite. Singer. Inveterate knitter, cook, baker, and movie-watcher. Beginner flower and vegetable gardener (zone 7b), back-yard bird watcher, and urban sketcher.
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She keeps us all going with her uplifting, hopeful writing AND she can make pie. Fabulous!

Here’s mine:
A freshly baked pumpkin pie cooling on a wire rack.
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The pumpkin pie is done!

The crust is 1/2 lard and 1/2 butter and the filling is made with sour cream, and a little bourbon.

#bakingsky
A photo of a freshly baked pumpkin pie cooling on a wire rack.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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The Jefferson Memorial, where I happily traveled with my son who was 8 at the time. Our Capital is beautiful and peaceful. #NoTrumpGestapo
Text carved into the wall of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC: "I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
August 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Trying out my new 6 cup Bundt pan. Chocolate Hazelnut Cake!
#bakingsky
A chocolate hazelnut Bundt cake with chocolate icing dribbling down the sides and sprinkled with chopped toasted hazelnuts.
July 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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These shark helmets in the Time Trial are hilarious.

Fish are friends, fish are friends.

#TourdeFrance2025 #TDF2025
A still picture of Bruce the Shark from the Disney film _Finding Nemo_ with his big toothy smile.
July 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Oh yes, NYC is a crime ridden, urban hellscape. Sure MAGA, you just keep telling yourselves that.

Small Dog Jazz Society playing at the Fort Greene Farmers’ Market
The Small Dog Jazz Society, a jazz quintet (bass, guitar, clarinet, trumpet, and trombone with several requisite small dogs. They play New Orleans style jazz every week at the Fort Greene Farmers’ Market in Brooklyn, NY.
July 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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A picture of a guillotine.
July 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The strawberries at the NYC farmers’ markets are stellar this year. Here’s a galette. Thanks to @smittenkitchen.bsky.social for her Any Fruit Galette recipe. #bakingsky
A strawberry galette, round with nicely browned pastry folded around an open center of dark red strawberry filling.
June 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I voted! Have you? Polls are open until 9p in New York City. Go vote! And don’t rank Cuomo!
#ZohranForMayor
A red, white, and blue “I Voted!” Sticker with an illustration of the nyc skyline.
June 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Burlington VT. #nokings
A photo of the No Kings protest in Burlington VT. A large crowd with signs and flags. Blue sky and fluffy white clouds.
June 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Walking to a #nokings protest today in Burlington VT and I ran across this plaque in a park next to Lake Champlain.
A plaque in a park next to Lake Champlain, VT which reads: “A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young.” — John Dewey
June 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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From the window of the Ethan Allen Express heading north along the Hudson River. So they have a plan for sea level rise, right?
A view from the window of the Ethan Allen Express train going north along the Hudson River. The river stops with only a few feet of land between it and the tracks. There is also only a few feet of elevation change.
June 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Ta da! Rhubarb Upside Down Cake!

Thanks to @smittenkitchen.bsky.social for the recipe. #bakesky
A slightly messy rhubarb upside down cake with strips of glistening cooked rhubarb all across the top. It’s on round silver colored platter with a wide rim featuring cutouts of stick figure people.
May 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A short clip from the music video of the song “In the Navy” by the Village People. The group is dressed in their multi-cultural finery, standing on the deck of a US Navy ship, and pointing at the camera
May 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A cartoon depicting Jesus’ male disciples and the female disciples who discovered the empty tomb. Caption: “So, ladies, thanks for being the first to discover and report the Resurection and we’ll take it from here.”
April 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Happy Easter!
A cartoon depicting Jesus’ male disciples and the female disciples who discovered the empty tomb. Caption: “So, ladies, thanks for being the first to witness and report the Resurection and we’ll take it from here.”
April 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Ta da! It’s cooling and then will receive a sprinkling of Confectioner’s sugar.
A golden brown tart in its pan cooling on a rack.
April 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Actress Jodi Whittaker as the 13th Doctor.
March 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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My child once saw a picture of Eddie Izzard and said, “The Doctor?” Wouldn’t that be fun?
A photo of comedian, Eddie Izzard at the British Comedy awards wearing a tuxedo with a black overcoat on top.
March 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The Skynet logo from the Sci-Fi film franchise Terminator.
March 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Thank you to all the journalists who are watching tonight so I don’t have to.

If you need a break, here’s a nice cute bunny for you to look at while taking deep breaths.
A photo of a cute bunny sitting in the grass.
March 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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A jpeg of the character Cartman from the animated TV show South Park dressed as a police officer and holding a nightstick. He is looking up at the viewer while failing to appear menacing. Above him the text reads “Respect My Authoritah!”
March 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Слава Україні! Slava Ukraini!
President of Ukraine, Volodymir Zelenskyy pictured seated at his desk with a yellow and blue Ukrainian flag to his right.
February 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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A photo of actress Kristen Bell playing Eleanor Shellstrop in the television show _The Good Place_. She is holding a glass of wine and looking shocked. The text on the photo says "Holy mother forking shirtballs! This is the bad place!"
February 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Wait! Are we in the Mirror Universe? Is that what’s going on?
A still photo from the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Mirror, Mirror” showing Captain Kirk and Science Officer Spock dressed in their “evil twin” uniforms in the mirror universe.
February 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM