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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
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
Here’s one I took in Ireland in 2013…
December 2, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Before the leaves fell, Eagle Lake trail, Acadia National Park
#EagleLake
#AcadiaNationalPark #leaves #autumn
December 2, 2024 at 12:45 AM
From a visit to Ireland. I thought you might like this one.
December 1, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Alt Thanksgiving
#food #cooking
November 28, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Here’s two national park books I’ve edited among many titles over the years.
November 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Cadillac Mountain sunsets are never the same at Acadia National Park in Maine. The sunset brings darkness and also dawn.
#sunset #Acadianationalpark #CadillacMountain #nationalparks
November 19, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Tiger and Scampers, forever pals.
#cats #felines #bestfriends
November 16, 2024 at 6:15 PM
With a little help from Velma, I've taught this novel in college English courses for 18 years about young American soldiers during the Vietnam War and their mythological journey to an indestructible tree, by author John DelVecchio.
#novel #fiction #VietnamWar #morality #war #myth #morality
November 16, 2024 at 7:30 AM