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Mark Henry
@iothecat.bsky.social
editor, dad of daughters, writer, national parks, books, cats, Walden Pond, graduated from the school of print journalism, freedom. Photos are mine unless reposted.
Tiger curls up on a rainy day with a good book, Tolkien’s classic, The Two Towers. #cat #book #novel #Tolkien #feline
March 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
San Bernardino sunset behind barbed-wire.
#sunset #barbedwire
#silhouette
February 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Esalen sunset at Big Sur, California, from an earlier time.
#Esalen #Sunset #Coastalsunset #CaliforniaCoast #BigSur
February 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Tiger the cat takes a nap.
#cat
#catnap
#feline
#sleepycat
February 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
February 4, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Through water, mud, and tears the lotus of Huntington Gardens blooms.
#lotus #flowers #lotusflower #HuntingtonGardens
January 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Carpinteria State Beach on a chilly day.
#Carpinteria #SantaBarbara #Trees #Beach #silhouette
January 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Building a warm winter home, a squirrel stuffs its mouth full of insulation from an old chair outside Laughing Buddha Thrift, which normally sells reincarnated treasures in Carpinteria but this time donated to a good cause. #squirrel #wildlife #thrifting #thriftstore #nature #insulate #winterhome
January 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Gathering insulation for a warm winter home.
#squirrel #wildlife #nature #survival
January 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Tiger posing for posterity.
#cat
#feline
#portrait
#cats
January 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In-N-Out cat dreams.
#cats #felines #In-N-Out
January 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Tiger with his watchful pal.
#cats #felines #Teddybear
January 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I lived with four generations of a Nicaraguan family in Esteli during the counter-revolution fueled by Reagan’s crew. Fresh from Columbia’s grad J-school, I had dreams of war reporting but got overwhelmed and returned months later to American newspapers. #children #photography #Nicaragua
#history
January 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Rummaging through the closet just now, I found this edition of the LAT that I kept for my then eleven-year-old daughter, who called that evening the happiest moment of her life. My, how far we’ve come.
#news #history #elections #Obama #UnitedStates
December 19, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Winter flower bouquet, peonies and tulips.
#flowers
#bouquets
#tulips
#peonies
December 8, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Will the Los Angeles Times Guild call for a general strike if Soon adds an AI-generated “other side of the story” to counter the supposed bias found in news stories in his paper?
#news #newspapers
#censorship
#fakenews
December 6, 2024 at 7:26 AM
I cherish “Al Schmid, Marine,” the true story of a marine wounded at Guadalcanal who returned to San Diego, where my mom, a Red Cross nurse, cared for him. Rosemary DeCamp played my mom, Virginia Pfeiffer, in the 1945 Warner Bros. film version, “Pride of the Marines” starring John Garfield. #booksky
December 4, 2024 at 7:23 AM
One of my favorite novels is “The 13th Valley,” a mythological journey of soldiers who set out toward an immense teak tree during the Vietnam War. I’ve taught this novel in college English composition courses for 18 years and find something new each time. 💙📚 #books #novels
December 4, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Wondering, what process do we have in the United States to reverse and lift a national declaration of martial law if one were imposed by an American president?
December 4, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Could President Biden legally advance-pardon thousands of journalists, civil rights leaders, Dem politicians, federal agency directors, former generals, Liz Cheney, and others who have been targeted by MAGA for all actions and words to date?
#presidentialpardons #pardons #Biden #politics
December 2, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Before the leaves fell, Eagle Lake trail, Acadia National Park
#EagleLake
#AcadiaNationalPark #leaves #autumn
December 2, 2024 at 12:45 AM
“Waiting here for Everyman
Don’t ask me if he’ll show.
Baby, I don’t know.”
Jackson Browne
#JacksonBrowne
#Everyman
#Faith
December 1, 2024 at 7:28 PM
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
We sent experts to help Finland understand fake news a decade ago, the irony being now the U.S. needs Finland to do the same. As a college English instructor, I see the dire need for critical thinking, starting in our schools.
#fakenews
#democracy
#education
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:50 AM
I’m now following a number of journalists—a calling I left after 25 years in 2003 with young daughters in tow—and want to express my admiration to you, the real reporters who continue to shine light into dark places, especially now. Thank you for facing the wind.
#journalism #reporting #freedom
November 30, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Alt Thanksgiving
#food #cooking
November 28, 2024 at 3:47 PM