Words, wonder and tea this Sunday. All welcome
@katyacengel
Author of "Straitjackets and Lunch Money", "From Chernobyl with Love" and others with University of Nebraska Press and Woodhall Press. Feature writer with bylines in Smithsonian Magazine, Atavist Magazine and others. Talented at getting lost.
Words, wonder and tea this Sunday. All welcome
In anticipation of spring, @univnebpress.bsky.social is offering 40% off baseball books, including these two -how cool that my book is next to a book about baseball in the Czech Republic. Use code 6BAB26 at checkout www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/baseball-sale/
βI think part of medicine in any way, shape, or form is listening,β Anger said. βYou sit and you listen ...β
The magic of this little tea shop comes alive in this feature by Fiona Hastings
www.newtimesslo.com/atascaderos-...
Great deal on some great books, including mine: Bluegrass Baseball: A Year in the Minor League Life
Excited to be reading with these talented writers. Please join us March 8 in Atascadero CA for words, wonder - and tea.
My latest for @popularmechanics.bsky.social is about the lab that helped bring a serial killer to justice www.popularmechanics.com/science/a699...
I can attest they do good work, they published three of my four books.
"Fake images spread misinformation about animal behavior, and fake footage or photos of people playing with or cuddling wild animals can feed demand for the exotic pet trade, endangering already threatened species."
Sean Mowbray for @mongabay.com:
Mongolian 2026 winter olympics uniforms
Haitian 2026 Winter Olympics uniforms
Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
Some goods news: a story in a new publication by a former student and relative.
goldenstatereport.substack.com/p/a-gen-zer-...
People like to point out Sithy was the only one among her family who did not become a U.S. citizen. What many donβt know is the U.S. is rare in not awarding refugees automatic citizenship. You can hear more by clicking on the 4 p.m. slot on feb 3 www.920kvec.com/show/dave-co...
Many of you know Sithy from my book Exiled. She has been detained by ICE. Her family put this out www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Calling all journalists! ICFJ is looking for input on how to improve existing programming and expand its opportunities for the international journalism community. Take the survey to let us know your journalism training needs: forms.gle/UULactvgC7DC...
My interior decorating pro tip: match the dog with the furniture - long couch, long dog.
Hanging on the wall in a hotel in India. Caption needed
Coming soon: a story I reported last year on the lab that helped convict a serial killer for @PopMech It is up now, but only for members. www.popularmechanics.com/science/a699...
I love it.
I hate this on so many levels. What do they even think theyβll get out of it?
Beautifully said
βWilcox explained that she didnβt want the βhuman, spiritual partβ of tracking stripped away. βThis is sacred work,β she said.β Fascinating @atavist.com read on counting femicide magazine.atavist.com/2025/14445-a...
AI saves some people time. But what about all the time it wastes? As a writer I get tons of this junk daily and this human using an AI template didnβt even bother to insert my name and book title. Then she had the nerve to follow up three times!
I was over Christmas and Santa even before December 25 but nevertheless this beautiful story by David Gauvey Herbert got me. Too many great anecdotes and quotes to mention here you just have to read it. www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a6...
A calf waiting politely at the door. Odisha, India
Great idea, canβt wait to read some of them.
Wishing everyone a wonderful 2026. Although itβs still 2018 in Ethiopia and already 2082 in Nepal and I am sure various other years other placesβ¦
Picked up my new @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social novel from Monarch Books and Echo has already claimed it.
One of the many things Brigitte Bardot did was support a Bulgarian sanctuary for retired dancing bears which I was able to report on earlier this century. www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Happy Boxing Day! My latest newsletter is out mailchi.mp/5f7e260a75a4...
The colors of rural India. Odisha state.
A cow, a girl, a vehicle: pretty typical - and beautiful - India scene.