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Sandy Hingston

@shingston.bsky.social
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Emeritus editor at large for @PhillyMag, happily (mostly) retired. Lover of gardening, grandkids, and sports except for ice hockey.

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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 23h
My last rose of the season was worth waiting for ...
A glorious deep pink many-petaled pink rose
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still upset about the Phils and Iggles? Take solace in the latest installment of @PhillyMag's Great Semiquincentennial Quiz. Part Nine has history, mystery, and a whole lot more! www.phillymag.com/news/semiqui...
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 9 - Philadelphia Magazine
Welcome to the ninth installment of the Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz. So — are you ready for World War II, the conflict that unfortunately […]
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Made the switchover from iced to hot coffee this morning. A wistful annual ritual. 'Bye, summer!
Sunflowers blooming beside a porch
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It's World War I this month in @phillymag.com's Great Semiquincentennial Quiz! See how much you know about the city's role in that War to End All Wars (which, alas, it did not): www.phillymag.com/news/semiqui...
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 8
Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: World War I.
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Help! It's a jungle out here!
A thicket of yellow sunflowers and their foliage
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The best of my begonias …
A gorgeous (if I say so myself) begonia with pink flowers centered with yellow
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
July is ending, but that just means the latest installment of @phillymag.com's Great Semiquincentennial Quiz is ready now! How much do you know about our city and the Civil War? Give these 10 historical quiz questions your best shot! www.phillymag.com/news/semiqui...
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 7
Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: the Civil War.
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
First of the season with tomatoes from my garden! (Very small tomatoes, but still ... )
A bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich on toast
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The crepe myrtle is unfurling, bit by bit …
A deep pink crepe myrtle bush loaded with fat buds and with one sizable blossom
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
And POP!
A fully open yellow sunflower
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
About to pop!
A big yellow sunflower bud surrounded by spiky leaves
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Happy belated Fourth! That means it's time for Number 6 in @phillymag.com's year-long series The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz. This one's on a different sort of revolution — the Industrial one. Good luck! www.phillymag.com/news/semiqui...
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 6
Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: how the city established its “Workshop of the World” reputation as a manufacturing and industrial powerhouse in the mid...
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Fireflies in the garden! Summer truly is here.
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
When the evening primroses open just before the storm …
Tall yellow primrose flowers in a garden
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I've got the blues!
A garden full of deep blue larkspur
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm such a total sucker for peonies. They suffered this year from the deluge, but still …
Three big, fluffy pink peony flowers in a vase
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Spicy!
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I love Mme. Isaac Pereire! (She smells good and is pretty, too ... )
An arching deep pink rosebush against a white garage with a yellow door
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Philadelphia Magazine @phillymag.com · 21/05/2026
Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: the 1800s!
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 5
Test your Philly history knowledge. This month: the 1800s!
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
He's about to turn 80. WTF does he think he's going to do with all that money anyway?
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
And so are the big-ass roses!
A single huge red rose
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It must really be spring, 'cause my irises that smell like chocolate are showing off their frills.
Very frilly white and pale blue iris flowers in a garden
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I guess he is … taking stock of 43 years of marriage? ;-) Happy anniversary, you romantic you! xxx
A bouquet of pink and purple stock with white daisies
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Ryan @boynamedshit.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
UK as usual is 5+ years behind the US
How Millennials
Killed
Mayonnaise
The inexorable rise of identity condiments has led to hard times for the most American of foodstuffs. And that's a shame.
by SANDY HINGSTON • 8/11/2018, 8:59 p.m.
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Okay, I know I've posted way too many photos of my pet orchid, but it's been blooming since JANUARY and OMG WILL YOU LOOK AT THE LIGHT?!?!?
A gorgeous white-and-pink orchid plant in gleaming morning sunlight
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Philadelphia Magazine @phillymag.com · 01/04/2026
Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: William Penn and the Quakers!
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 3
Test your Philly history knowledge with our Semiquincentennial Quiz. This month: William Penn and the Quakers!
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🎵 My yard is on fy-ahhhh …
Bright red-and-yellow triumph tulips in bright sunlight
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What are the chances, I wonder, that my daughter and the daughters of two of my bestest friends from high school 50-plus years ago would all have just given birth on three consecutive days?!?
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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
RFK Jr. wants you to hate Paul Offit. All Paul Offit wants to do is save your kids' lives. @phillymag.com's April cover story:
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Paul Offit vs. RFK Jr. Is the Battle of Our Times
How Philly's leading vaccine doctor became MAHA's public enemy number one
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm in love with my hellebore!
A closeup of an exquisite (if I say so myself) cream and rose hellebore
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Hey, that was a HARD one today!
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What is the point of us having "our teams," do you think, if we can't bear to watch them!
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Um ...
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Budding daffodils about to bloom
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I can't watch ....
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The second installment of my Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz is posted. It's got everything you hope you know about the first European, uh, visitors to our shores … www.phillymag.com/news/semiqui...
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 2
This month: The semi-obscure, somewhat murky, utterly unbidden earliest excursions of Europeans on these, our sacred shores.
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Philadelphia Magazine @phillymag.com · 03/03/2026
Test your knowledge of Philly! This month: The semi-obscure, somewhat murky, utterly unbidden earliest excursions of Europeans on these, our sacred shores.
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz: Part 2
This month: The semi-obscure, somewhat murky, utterly unbidden earliest excursions of Europeans on these, our sacred shores.
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Philadelphia Magazine @phillymag.com · 27/02/2026
Our top 5 Most Philly Athletes of All Time is full of heavy-hitters, gamechangers, and plenty of room for debate. So have at it! 
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The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time
This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I sat on the porch in the sun this afternoon. Granted, it was only for 20 minutes, and granted, I had a blanket around me. But still! It's coming!!!
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A thousand times YES!!! SO MUCH SNOW HERE!!!!
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Oh dear. The blizzard has begun just as I took possession of eight boxes of Girl Scout cookies ...
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retired-guy23.bsky.social @retired-guy23.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hi All, here’s the link to join us in a walk to support the homeless citizens living in Pottstown. cnoy.com/location/pot...
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Snowy flowers for a snowy Valentine's Day!
A bouquet of white chrysanthemums
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Well, there's a robin out in my garden, so despite all the frozen evidence around us, it must be spring ...
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Philadelphia Magazine @phillymag.com · 25/01/2026
Introducing our monthly Semiquincentennial Quiz. First up, the Lenni Lenape Era.
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The Great Philly Mag Semiquincentennial Quiz
The Lenni Lenape Era
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Woo-hoo! This year, the Christmas cactus has TWO WHOLE BLOSSOMS! That's twice as many as last year -- progress!
A Christmas cactus with two -- just two -- bright pink blossoms
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Orchids in the snow!
A moth orchid in a window with snow falling outside
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Not Another D&D Calendar @naddcalendar.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
July by @pricklepicklepie.bsky.social ! #naddpod
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
For @phillymag.com, I wrote about how I became invisible. Surprise! I kind of like it! www.phillymag.com/news/2026/01...
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The Best Part of Aging: Giving Up
I’ve stopped wearing makeup. My bra strap is probably showing. I haven’t shaved in ... forever. And I’ve never felt happier.
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Sandy Hingston @shingston.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Second winter in a row I got this orchid to rebloom! I feel like the freaking Orchid Queen!!! Even if I do know these are the easiest orchids to grow ... 😉
A single flower of a white and deep red moth orchid
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