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anna walsh
@annamccachren.bsky.social
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director of editorial operations at Texas Monthly // often found walking the streets of Austin, looking for a cat to pet
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I now think of @lonlozzin.bsky.social when I go to a Buc-ee’s bathroom thanks to this piece www.texasmonthly.com/style/bucees...
the hallway at a Buc-ee’s in Mississippi leading to the bathrooms, with paintings hanging on the wall
October 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Our editor in chief Ross also wrote a lovely ode to Skip in this month's issue of @texasmonthly.bsky.social ❤️ www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up...
Did you hear? Skip’s in town from Dallas. I saw him walking down the hall. He’s probably talking to IT—a problem with his laptop. I think he’s heading out this afternoon, though I’m not sure. I can’t wait to introduce you. Before you meet him, you should know a few things. You can’t win a game of conversational chicken with Skip Hollandsworth. The interview skills he’s mastered as a writer for Texas Monthly over four decades means he will let a lull in the conversation linger. I have never met anyone more comfortable with silences. But the thing is, it won’t be uncomfortable for you. The expectant simper on his face will relax you. A Skip conversation is a Zen experience. The victims, aggressors, detectives, bystanders, aunts, cousins, and coworkers he’s gotten to talk to him about the most terrible crimes—they must have fallen under his spell too. His move is, he allows silences to occur. “Early in my career, I would read over the transcripts of my interviews, and in the margins I’d write ‘SU,’ as in, ‘shut up,’ ” he told me the other day. “I’d talk over people just as they were about to say something brilliant.” What few assertions he makes will be funny or poignant. And generous. They’ll probably be about how great you’re doing, about how important you are, about how you’re the best at what you do. You leave a Skip conversation feeling admired. His conversational approach has always been a little maddening to me because there’s no one else I’d rather hear talk. Not just for the substance but for the tone: His voice is Wichita Falls by way of Texas Christian University, which he graduated from in 1979. A little bit folksy, a little bit patrician, and totally unhurried.
October 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
“Stoked as these guys are, as a forty-year-old with arthritic hips and a disconcerting number of gray hairs colonizing my dome, I have my reservations. What exactly had I gotten myself into? A few hours ago I called my wife and three young children back home to tell them good night. “Dada, what are you doing?” my six-year-old asked. “Working,” I told him. In the background, I could hear my wife’s howling laughter.” “I was curious about these kids, whose antics are often juvenile but are occasionally downright funny. Who chooses to go to a Baptist college and then enlists in a subversive organization? What does it say about Baylor that this group has become such an institution? And how provocative can you be in an era when colleges across the country are cracking down on protests? Oh, and one other thing. They wanted me to ride with them on their homecoming float through downtown Waco dressed in full brotherhood regalia. But to do so, they had to initiate me, which would require a ritual Evel cryptically described as “involving water” and “not that bad.” What could go wrong?”
September 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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in the group chat like
the “borat 2 tonight queen??” meme but it says “AFS Cinema tonite 👀”
June 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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It was a joy to get to rep @texasmonthly.bsky.social at this year’s City and Regional Magazine Association conference. This was my third year attending and I always come away impressed and inspired by my magazine peers. And Texas Monthly winning eight awards was a great way to conclude the event!
Anna and Jenn Tompkins pose with eight CRMA winner plaques eight CRMA winner plaques spread out
June 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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OOO
unbelievably clear water flows in a creek surrounded by green trees in the Ozark National Forest a path through a forest that’s shrouded in fog, in Hot Springs National Park a waterfall over a small stone dam in the Ozark National Forest a cocktail with a tiny rubber duck float in it. Courtesy of the bar at the Peabody Memphis
May 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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bluesky can have a little Circe as a treat
Circe, a gray and white tuxedo cat, sits on a hardwood floor with a toy mouse tucked between her front paws. She looks VERY CUTE
March 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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New feature alert on @texasmonthly.bsky.social's website! Digital subscribers can now create paywall-free article links (up to three a month) to share with others!
A screenshot of a popup that reads: Introducing Gift Links. Spread the joy of Texas Monthly with others! Subscribers can now gift access to 3 stories every month to others. Look for the new "gift" button within the share tools on any article. Your recipients won't need a subscription.
February 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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folks, it was a hit 👍🏻👍🏻
the casserole, now fully baked and partially eaten, revealing layers of bean, cheese, veggie, and tortilla-chip goodness
January 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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pre-oven 👀👀
casserole dish with the King Ranch casserole beans in it, not yet baked
January 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Ms. Betty B., you’re a star
November 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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It may take me an hour plus to vote this morning, but at least I can enjoy this sweet art exhibit in City Hall while I wait artlyworld.org/senior-smile...
November 5, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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babe what’s wrong, you’ve barely touched your cornbread–mashed potato–bean cake
a round cake frosted with mashed potatoes with green pesto piped along the top and base a view of the cake cut open. two layers of cornbread are visible with a middle layer of a bean and soy mixture
September 25, 2023 at 1:50 PM
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gonna be in Baltimore next week and I am COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS till I get to experience that 85 degree weather
August 5, 2023 at 6:48 PM
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you vs the guy she told you not to worry about
a screenshot of the Austin weather forecast for the next week. The predicted high for every single day is 102 degrees Fahrenheit or higher a screenshot of Baltimore’s weather forecast. Most of the highs are in the 80s with one day getting up to 92
August 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM