I haven’t posted about Blackberry in a while, because she was sick, but she’s now feeling better! She had a urinary infection that required two different antibiotic treatments (and a very expensive vet consultation)… Here she is wrapped up in a towel, ready to get her meds! #caturday

“Do not feed the unicorns” I (very) often complain about Paris, but now and then it still absolutely stuns me... (Also, I’ve been living in this neighborhood for 4 years and seen the unicorn tapestry in the museum just behind, so how could I have missed this????) #stunday

I already knew for a thousand different reasons that my agent was a great fit, but here's extra proof... (Also, is now the right time to mention I've added a cat named Pétale to my manuscript, just because every story's better with a cat and how could I have not included one before?????)

Michelle Witte@michellewitte.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’ll be attending a writing retreat in Oxford for a week. When someone asked me what my goals are while I’m there, I didn’t hesitate: Meet all the cats of Oxford. Because priorities. I seem to remember that either @dinahrose.bsky.social or @oldenoughtosay.com posted something awhile ago with a list

I never would have thought so a few years ago, but I can’t wait for winter to arrive again (and for the temperatures to go down). This picture was taken in January 2026 in Paris. #stunday

Blackberry the multimodal cat (thanks @actfortransit.bsky.social for calling her that!) took the ferry again. She’s very intrigued by the general concept of boats — and of things floating on water — though she hasn’t quite figured it out yet… #caturday

there still are slivers of light through the walls, but soon the house will collapse. #stunday #haiku #imageandverse

I am not an illustrator but my poetry is very visual & tied to visual art. Here’s a poem/illustration inspired by ancient Iranian vases (~4000 BC, more info in alt text) about nature & our forgetfulness. I am a YA author & poet rep’d by Michelle Witte. #kidlitartpostcard #imageandverse

chasing kitchen-gold: oil & pepper on water two bowls in the sink #stunday #ImageAndVerse #haiku

Cats and tigers share 96% of their genes and I never had trouble believing it with Boreas … #caturday

From the abstract: “promoting a woman to Associate Professor increases female faculty by 1.5 members after 15 years, leads to six additional female PhD graduates over the following decade, and raises the number who subsequently remain in academia and reach tenured positions”

Physgal ⚛️@physgal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fascinating paper on the progression of women in academia. 👩🏻‍🔬 ⚛️ 🧪 #AcademicSky docs.iza.org/dp18477.pdf?... Here's an excerpt from the conclusion:

« La qualité de l’air retourne à des niveaux néfastes à cause des mégafeux » L’heure n’est pas à la résignation mais à l’action, selon les scientifiques rebelles invités d’« À l’air libre ». Pour (re)voir notre émission 👉‍ https://l.mediapart.fr/VW3

Seen today in Paris on the Simone de Beauvoir bridge in the 13th arrondissement. The mother duck was very determined and knew exactly where she was going (the bridge leads to a park). The resourcefulness of animals always amazes me (and gives me hope too)... #stunday

Sorry for ruining the cuteness of #caturday but how is it that, when the world is literally burning, some, instead of extinguishing the flames, use cats (????) to spread fires? Blackberry is deeply concerned and telling everyone to respect water (and cats, and nature) and stay hydrated…

Sometimes the cat weighs less than 6 pounds and still takes more space than any other human in the household …

a butterfly landed in your hair & did not want to leave. I said it was your lotus-coconut shampoo you said it felt like a fragile miracle. #smallpoemsunday (thanks @tomsnarsky.bsky.social !) with the picture of the butterfly that inspired it. #stunday #imageandverse

Here's a slightly weird (maybe not weird enough?) poem for #WeirdPoemWednesday about being small (thanks @tomsnarsky.bsky.social !)

We found this baby bird in the garden today (there was a lot of wind and we couldn’t find the nest) so we’ve put him in a cardboard box and have been feeding him with a syringe… We think it’s a goldfinch (and hope we’ll manage to keep him alive) #birdoftheday

Despite her love of travel — she took the boat again this week — Blackberry also loves to stay in bed all day long to nap. During her morning naps (whose rules are very different from afternoon ones), she often disappears under the covers — and often scares me because I can’t find her… #caturday

I’m (clearly) not an illustrator but my poetry is very visual (& visualizing poems often gives me inspiration), so here’s a tree/poem about falling down. #kidlitartpostcard I’m a YA author and poet, rep’d by Michelle Witte. #ImageandVerse

After a week of literally living in an oven (turning on the fan felt like putting on the convection mode), it finally cooled down in Paris yesterday night with the storms. I managed to get some lightning bolts with the Eiffel Tower (perk of a hellish studio under the roofs) #STUNday #photography

Happy #caturday! Blackberry the multimodal cat (thanks @actfortransit.bsky.social for calling her that) loves the train, because she can chill on the seats and eat whenever she’s hungry. (She also really prefers low-carbon modes of transportation when it’s possible)

The #TransitCat of the day is multimodal.💜

Agathe Chave-Lucas 🇫🇷🇪🇸@agathechavelucas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For health reasons Blackberry cannot stay alone for more than 6 hours so she goes wherever we go! As an island dweller, she often takes the boat (also the plane, car, bus, train, metro)… She’s a great traveling companion (napped on my knees most of the way in the ferry today)! #caturday

For health reasons Blackberry cannot stay alone for more than 6 hours so she goes wherever we go! As an island dweller, she often takes the boat (also the plane, car, bus, train, metro)… She’s a great traveling companion (napped on my knees most of the way in the ferry today)! #caturday

I used to care about the too-frequent laughs the whistles the oohs and aahs the head shakes and eye rolls I used to care to feel the burn of unshed tears and bottled shame but the truth is: a body is a body is a body but the truth is: my body is my body is my body.

Malachy Moran@malformed-poetry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today's #poetryprompt: I've been struggling with a lot of illness lately. Write me a poem about what its like to live in YOUR body. #MPPrompt I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts

Not quite sure what it means about humanity that The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest literary works written ~ 2000BC, is literally about a tyrannical king who abuses men and women for fun and whose main goals in life are to destroy the world's forests and become immortal...

It's usually quite fun to be on an island with wild goats...but it's much less fun when the dogs decide to chase after the goats and I have to chase after the dogs chasing after the goats. (In the second blurry picture, the dogs are the two dots ahead of me and the goats are near the rocks)

I'm not an illustrator (as you can obviously see), but my poetry is very visual & plays with space & shape, so I thought I'd post a little drawing of how I pictured a poem. #KidLitArtPostcard I'm a YA author and poet, rep'd by Michelle Witte.

What better way to work on a (dead) manuscript than with a tiny & very live monster? #KidlitZombieWeek Literary sacrifice/murder is often my way of reviving stories (as in literally chopping off the head & the limbs of the story to get back to its heart)

#KidlitZombieWeek@kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's #KidlitZombieWeek Day 3! Get ready for another round of killer revisions with today's post: www.christinashawn.com/blog/asrama0... Then come right back here and tell us: Which story element would help your revision feel more seamless? #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

If you've ever been supremely annoyed by someone telling you that a woman who was "the first woman" to have done something in her field didn't "really" count because tons of men had done it before, then you'll love Tapputi! She was one of the first known chemists (regardless of gender) in 1200 BC!🧪✨

Did you know that there already were petroleum wars in the 18th century BC in Mesopotamia? You can learn all about it (and a lot of other things) in the exhibit Primordial Water and its associated trail, on which I've been working for 3 years, and that just opened in the Louvre Museum!