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Jean Sanders

@jeanbeans.bsky.social
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Illustrator, food writer, art department for Spy Community Newspaper Project

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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you @popeleoxiv.bsky.social
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy Friday! foodfriday.substack.com/p/food-frida... #foodfriday #food #recipes #tailgating
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rabbit, rabbit! Happy October! “There's never only one explanation," said the rather small gentleman. "It depends on which one you want to believe!” ― Edward Eager #rabbitrabbit #rabbit #october #mask #magic
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Friday! foodfriday.substack.com/p/food-frida... #food #recipes #fall
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Photos from the dangerous state of North Carolina, with its blood-soaked killing fields; it’s one of the worst in the nation. #northcarolina #raleigh #boone #wendell #home
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy Friday! Food Friday: Hints of Fall talbotspy.org/2026/09/18/f... #food #fall #recipes #cooking
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy Friday Food Friday: Apple Cider Doughnuts chestertownspy.org/2026/09/11/f...
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Food Friday: Apple Cider Doughnuts - The Chestertown Spy
The Spy Test Kitchens have been enjoying a breath of fresh fall air. We have flown the coop for a few days, so this is a column from our own Way Back Machine. The days have been beautiful with bright ...
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy Friday! talbotspy.org/2026/09/04/f... #foodfriday #pumpkinspices #recipes #food #foodillustration
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A bouquet from the tiny garden. #zinnias #tinygarden #bouquet
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rabbit, rabbit! Happy September! “The truth is a rabbit in a bramble patch. All you can do is circle around and say it’s somewhere in there.” —Pete Seeger #rabbitrabbit #rabbit #September #PeteSeeger
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Monday’s view of Food Friday. It’s the last day of August - can Fall be far off? It’s 90° right now… #food #studioview #Fall #pumpkinspices
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Happy Friday!
talbotspy.org
Food Friday: The Party's Over - Talbot Spy
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Happy International Dog Day! “I started early, took my dog, And visited the sea...” —Emily Dickinson #internationaldogday #dog #luke @emilydickinson.museum
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today’s adventure - ice cream and alpacas at Holl & Stone Farms in Garner. Mission accomplished! #icecream #alpacas #garnernc @hollandstone
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Friday night is pizza night at Chef Tomasso’s Pizzeria. Yumsters! #cheftomasso #cheftomassospizzeria #fridaynight #pizza #homemade
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Happy Friday!
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Food Friday: Back to School!
I loved anticipating the first day of school: new shoes, new notebooks, new pencils, and a pristine box of 64 still-pointy, and memorably aromatic crayons.
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Friday night is pizza night at Chef Tomasso’s pizzeria. Yumsters! #friday #pizza #homemade #cheftomasso #pizzeria
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Today’s lunch, courtesy of Andy’s Frozen Custard in Raleigh. 94°. Yikes! Stay cool! #frozencustard #lunch #eatandys #chocolate
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Happy Friday! chestertownspy.org/2026/08/14/f...
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thanks, Cathy Wilcox. @cathywilcox.bsky.social
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sometimes I still slide by recalling the suite of cards from the card game "Authors". It got me through the AP English exam in the 70s...
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It’s still summer in Boone and Blowing Rock, NC. Candy assortment at Mast General Store, vertiginous views from Howard’s Knob, downtown garden in Blowing Rock - busy bees, and roadside waterfall on the way to Grandfather Mountain. #summer #boonenc #blowingrocknc #flowers
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A beer and a Gaelic ale at The Peddlin’ Pig in Boone tonight. Adventures! #beer #ale #boone #peddlinpig
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A visitor to the tiny garden this afternoon! A giant leopard moth, perhaps? #tinygarden #moth #garden
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Friday night is pizza night at Chef Tomasso’s ristorante. Yumsters! #fridaynight #pizza #cheftomasso #cheftomassosristorante #homemade
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
More zinnias from the tiny garden. #tinygarden #zinnias #flowers #homegrown #garden
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Zinnias from the tiny garden! #zinnias #tinygarden #flowers #garden
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Rabbit, rabbit! Happy August 1st! “Did you know that a bee dies after he stings you? And that there's a star called Aldebaran? And that around the tenth of August, any year, you can look up in the sky at night and see dozens and dozens of shooting stars?” ― Elizabeth Enright
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Happy Friday! Food Friday: Peak Peaches chestertownspy.org/2026/07/31/f...
chestertownspy.org
Food Friday: Peak Peaches - The Chestertown Spy
Tomorrow is the start of National Peach Month, but if you look at the New York Times, July has also been a busy time for peach recipes. July 27th brought us Halloumi, Peach and Cucumber Spoon Salad, J...
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The day after a lot of rain is not a good day to visit the sunflower field in Dix Park. So sad. Find a sunnier day to stop by this impressive display. #sunflowers #dixpark #dixparksunflowers #raleigh #publicart
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Raleigh Farmers’ Market, rolling into zucchini season, heirloom tomatoes, sunflowers, zinnias and dahlias. Happy Friday! #friday #raleighfarmersmarket #zucchini #tomatoes #flowers
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Happy Friday! foodfriday.substack #fruits #veggies #recipes #perils #cyclospora
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Uranium glass at Habitat in Raleigh. Whoa! #uraniumglass #habitat #weird #wonderful
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Stopped by Juniper Level Botanic Garden today. Stunning! Can’t wait to tour it again in cooler weather. #juniperlevelbotanicgarden #gardens #flowers #raleigh #walkabout @juniperlevelbotanicgarden
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Happy Friday! chestertownspy.org/2026/07/17/f... @thistle_and_churn #icecream #summer #edinburgh #food #thistleandchurn
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Had our first Andy’s Frozen Custard today. Suddenly a long, hot summer doesn’t look so daunting. Yumsters! @andys.nc #frozencustard #summer #cone #chocolate #raleigh
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Good morning! Fresh from the tiny garden. #flowers #tinygarden
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Happy Friday! Food Friday: Easy Pickings talbotspy.org/2026/07/10/f...
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Food Friday: Easy Pickings - Talbot Spy
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Spent the morning at the State Farmers’ Market in Raleigh. It is absolutely peak peach season. Also - the loveliest arrangement of yellow tomatoes I have ever seen! @raleighfarmersmarket #peaches #tomatoes #sunflowers #fresh #local
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Sunday, fresh from the garden, bee balm and black-eyed Susans. #sunday #garden #flowers
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy Fourth of July! “This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” —Theodore Roosevelt
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Uncle Eagle @uncle-eagle.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WHvR... democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/do... Democrats & Congressman Jared Huffman walk thru how Trump Admin laundered money thru Freedom 250.
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How Trump Hijacked America’s 250th Birthday
YouTube video by Congressman Jared Huffman
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Happy Friday! Have a Happy Fourth of July! foodfriday.substack.com/p/food-frida... #foodfriday #fourthofjuly #fruit #berries
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Yes, we need the parasol. @ncartmuseum #heatwave #summer #frederickcarlfrieseke #nc #impressionist #raleigh
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Morning glories in the afternoon. #garden #morningglories #sunshine #flowers #raleighnc
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
An elegant name for a faithful friend. Thanks for letting me know. Thanks again for all the companionship and good words.
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So sad that the Slate Culture Gabfest has come to an end. They went with me on many years of walks with Luke the wonder dog. So long Julia, Dana and Steven. It's been swell. @slate.com @juliaturner.bsky.social @thehighsign.bsky.social
nytimes.com
Slate’s ‘Culture Gabfest’ Signs Off After 18 Years
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Rabbit, rabbit. Happy July! “Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?” -George Washington
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Jean Sanders @jeanbeans.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Happy Friday!
talbotspy.org
Food Friday: Springing into Summer - Talbot Spy
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