Sandy Hingston

I bought the grandkids little white pumpkins as a special Halloween treat and they painted them orange. 🤷

A radiant yellow and brown coneflower on a front stoop

It's fall, y'all!

A solitary cricket got into my basement somehow and it's chirping INCREDIBLY loudly and no matter how often I tell him the potential mates are outside and not in here he doesn't listen.

Make America Kind Again From political name-calling to social media meltdowns, public life feels more hostile than ever. But quiet acts of kindness suggest a growing civility, one small moment at a time.

Hey, I wrote about this!! www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...

A giant double strawberry

Mutant alert!

That was a great football game.

A photo of two "chubby bunny" charms from this shop

I love my chubby bunnies! They got here today ...

I think that since the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men, we should take their guns first.

One of my dad's favorite jokes was a young lady asking her date, "Do you enjoy Kipling?" and he says "I don't know -- I've never kippled" and I think of it every time the @phillies.bsky.social put Kerkering in.

A backyard overflowing with tall sunflowers

She would have loved my backyard!

James Mollison, from the series Owls Looking at Owls

The September issue of @phillymag.com is by far my favorite issue that we've done since I took over, and a lot of that is because of this killer cover. Story's online this Friday.

My cat is able to find so many keyboard shortcuts that I have never found again

A big, bright sunflower peeks over a porch.

Well, hello, neighbor!

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. The Pennsbury High School prom is like no other.

A magenta-flowered crepe myrtle bush in full bloom

Crepe myrtle days ...

BEACH (with seahorse)

I'M AT THE BEACH

BEACH RULES CATCH SOME RAYS

Why does the decor of every beach house seem like it was designed for a person with amnesia who needs to be reminded where they are

A small ripe tomato

First of the year … I don't think it's gonna be a great one for tomatoes!

Very tall sunflowers in a backyard garden

The house next door is for sale, and I worried my, um, exuberant garden might deter buyers. But the realtor told me she uses it as a selling point -- "You get all the beauty and none of the work!"

A red vase of huge sunflowers

Peak summer!

A garden full of tall stalks of white and red lily flowers

Survived the storms!

So the idea is you set off a firework, wait until all the dogs in the neighborhood stop barking, and then set off another one?

Make America Kind Again From political name-calling to social media meltdowns, public life feels more hostile than ever. But quiet acts of kindness suggest a growing civility, one small moment at a time.

I wrote about holding onto hope: www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...

Make America Kind Again From political name-calling to social media meltdowns, public life feels more hostile than ever. But quiet acts of kindness suggest a growing civility, one small moment at a time.

I wrote about holding onto hope: www.phillymag.com/news/2025/07...

A bright red and orange summer sky with an approaching storm

A wild summer-storm sky in Pottstown!

Stalks of bright yellow Asiatic lilies in a garden

I don't remember what they're called, but they like it here!

It's been great fun so far!

It's been great fun so far!

I am wearing three sweaters and a winter hat in my living room and I'm told a heat wave is coming?