Kathy Seward MacKay
@kathysmackay.bsky.social
Newspaper/documentary photographer turned writer, working on a medical scandal memoir.
https://linktr.ee/KathyMacKay
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This is scary. Good, hard working people & caregivers will r lose affordable health insurance. It's a fallacy that 1/2 the people on Medicaid do not work. See link in bio for stats. This bill isn't about balancing the budget. 😢 #healthcare #hemophilia @flsenrickscott @senashleymoody @hemophiliafed
July 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is scary. Good, hard working people & caregivers will r lose affordable health insurance. It's a fallacy that 1/2 the people on Medicaid do not work. See link in bio for stats. This bill isn't about balancing the budget. 😢 #healthcare #hemophilia @flsenrickscott @senashleymoody @hemophiliafed
Another good place to hang your hat …
June 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Another good place to hang your hat …
👏👏👏 Thanks to the amazing Tresa Chambers, marketing and brand specialist, for speaking to the South Florida chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. 📚
June 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
👏👏👏 Thanks to the amazing Tresa Chambers, marketing and brand specialist, for speaking to the South Florida chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. 📚
And now for Walt Longmire fans! Author Craig Johnson is a fun, energetic presenter. Pictured here at The Portsmouth Music Hall June 3. There’s no asking this storyteller a quick question! 📚📖😃
June 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
And now for Walt Longmire fans! Author Craig Johnson is a fun, energetic presenter. Pictured here at The Portsmouth Music Hall June 3. There’s no asking this storyteller a quick question! 📚📖😃
Taking a stand in West Palm Beach …
June 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Taking a stand in West Palm Beach …
An evening of non-stop laughter at Books & Books with Dave Barry at the kickoff event for his memoir CLASS CLOWN. @booksandbooks #indybookshop #writingcommunity @miamibookfair #writingcommunityofinstagram
May 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
An evening of non-stop laughter at Books & Books with Dave Barry at the kickoff event for his memoir CLASS CLOWN. @booksandbooks #indybookshop #writingcommunity @miamibookfair #writingcommunityofinstagram
I love discovering new authors. I met Josie Cox & Clémence Michallon at the Miami Book Fair in Nov. Josie highlights the history of women fighting for equality, including UK suffragettes. Clémence’s psychological thriller is a page turner about a woman imprisoned by a beloved townsman.
March 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I love discovering new authors. I met Josie Cox & Clémence Michallon at the Miami Book Fair in Nov. Josie highlights the history of women fighting for equality, including UK suffragettes. Clémence’s psychological thriller is a page turner about a woman imprisoned by a beloved townsman.
DIFFICULT CHOICES IN LIFE : Most people in my situation may have chosen to NOT have children, although others like me did. Maybe it was a combination of my youth, my stubbornness, my pre-Internet research that told me to take a chance. . 😊
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March 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
DIFFICULT CHOICES IN LIFE : Most people in my situation may have chosen to NOT have children, although others like me did. Maybe it was a combination of my youth, my stubbornness, my pre-Internet research that told me to take a chance. . 😊
kathysewardmackay.substack.com/p/musings-on...
kathysewardmackay.substack.com/p/musings-on...
WARRIOR FOR JUSTICE
I first photographed Ken in ‘99. With his crimson face, he was protesting at the gates of Bayer, a biz that sold HIV-laced blood products. Ken, like my late hubby, was one of thousands of infected hemophiliacs. Once Ken learned the truth behind the scandal, his crusade began.
I first photographed Ken in ‘99. With his crimson face, he was protesting at the gates of Bayer, a biz that sold HIV-laced blood products. Ken, like my late hubby, was one of thousands of infected hemophiliacs. Once Ken learned the truth behind the scandal, his crusade began.
March 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
WARRIOR FOR JUSTICE
I first photographed Ken in ‘99. With his crimson face, he was protesting at the gates of Bayer, a biz that sold HIV-laced blood products. Ken, like my late hubby, was one of thousands of infected hemophiliacs. Once Ken learned the truth behind the scandal, his crusade began.
I first photographed Ken in ‘99. With his crimson face, he was protesting at the gates of Bayer, a biz that sold HIV-laced blood products. Ken, like my late hubby, was one of thousands of infected hemophiliacs. Once Ken learned the truth behind the scandal, his crusade began.
MLK DAY: These statues, alive & haunting, speak loud as the hands of the enslaved man & the female figure reach but cannot touch. The website for the once paved over Portsmouth African Burying Ground reads: : “Willful ignorance of the past is not a way to move toward a better future.”
January 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
MLK DAY: These statues, alive & haunting, speak loud as the hands of the enslaved man & the female figure reach but cannot touch. The website for the once paved over Portsmouth African Burying Ground reads: : “Willful ignorance of the past is not a way to move toward a better future.”
🤗📘🎉 TOP REASONS I’M EXCITED FOR THE DEEP DIVE SERIES 2025:
1.) To immerse myself in the amazing writing community Bianca, Carly, & CeCe have created; 2) To listen & engage w/top-notch speakers, including authors, agents, editors; 3) To discover and take away the unexpected. #dds2025excited
1.) To immerse myself in the amazing writing community Bianca, Carly, & CeCe have created; 2) To listen & engage w/top-notch speakers, including authors, agents, editors; 3) To discover and take away the unexpected. #dds2025excited
January 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
🤗📘🎉 TOP REASONS I’M EXCITED FOR THE DEEP DIVE SERIES 2025:
1.) To immerse myself in the amazing writing community Bianca, Carly, & CeCe have created; 2) To listen & engage w/top-notch speakers, including authors, agents, editors; 3) To discover and take away the unexpected. #dds2025excited
1.) To immerse myself in the amazing writing community Bianca, Carly, & CeCe have created; 2) To listen & engage w/top-notch speakers, including authors, agents, editors; 3) To discover and take away the unexpected. #dds2025excited
A stroll through downtown Exeter and a visit to Water Street Books - a lovely indie bookstore.
January 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A stroll through downtown Exeter and a visit to Water Street Books - a lovely indie bookstore.
THE RIVERRUN BOOKSTORE, PORTSMOUTH, NH … Sad to see the this store in downtown Portsmouth will close in February – especially after the Book and Bar shuttered earlier in the year. Perhaps another book store will take its place. 🤞📚🤓 #indiebooksellers #amreading #booklovers #writingcommunity
January 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
THE RIVERRUN BOOKSTORE, PORTSMOUTH, NH … Sad to see the this store in downtown Portsmouth will close in February – especially after the Book and Bar shuttered earlier in the year. Perhaps another book store will take its place. 🤞📚🤓 #indiebooksellers #amreading #booklovers #writingcommunity
What a fun surprise to see Fabienne Josaphat’s first line of her new book, KINGDOM OF NO TOMORROW, in Poets & Writers magazine. Brava Fabienne!
“Nettie had grown accustomed to the kind of darkness the human eye couldn’t recognize, the kind that stared back and engulfed a person.”
“Nettie had grown accustomed to the kind of darkness the human eye couldn’t recognize, the kind that stared back and engulfed a person.”
December 30, 2024 at 9:46 PM
What a fun surprise to see Fabienne Josaphat’s first line of her new book, KINGDOM OF NO TOMORROW, in Poets & Writers magazine. Brava Fabienne!
“Nettie had grown accustomed to the kind of darkness the human eye couldn’t recognize, the kind that stared back and engulfed a person.”
“Nettie had grown accustomed to the kind of darkness the human eye couldn’t recognize, the kind that stared back and engulfed a person.”
Hello friends! 💥💕☀️ My latest author newsletter is posted. I’ve taken a lot of chances in life and I’m embracing the rewards! Happy New Year to all! ⭐️ kathysewardmackay.substack.com/p/musings-on...
December 29, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Hello friends! 💥💕☀️ My latest author newsletter is posted. I’ve taken a lot of chances in life and I’m embracing the rewards! Happy New Year to all! ⭐️ kathysewardmackay.substack.com/p/musings-on...
WORLD AIDS DAY— December 1:
It’s hard to believe Dave has been gone for 27 years. Our sons are grown and thriving. We have a granddaughter on the way. Today, I honor those we lost, the survivors, and those who have worked tirelessly to stop the spread of AIDS and find a cure.
It’s hard to believe Dave has been gone for 27 years. Our sons are grown and thriving. We have a granddaughter on the way. Today, I honor those we lost, the survivors, and those who have worked tirelessly to stop the spread of AIDS and find a cure.
December 1, 2024 at 3:36 PM
WORLD AIDS DAY— December 1:
It’s hard to believe Dave has been gone for 27 years. Our sons are grown and thriving. We have a granddaughter on the way. Today, I honor those we lost, the survivors, and those who have worked tirelessly to stop the spread of AIDS and find a cure.
It’s hard to believe Dave has been gone for 27 years. Our sons are grown and thriving. We have a granddaughter on the way. Today, I honor those we lost, the survivors, and those who have worked tirelessly to stop the spread of AIDS and find a cure.
World AIDS Day: Today, I honor the lives lost & impacted by HIV/AIDS, including my hubby, Dave, who died from tainted blood products. In this 1996 shot in the NH mountains, we didn't know he'd be gone in a year. He'd once asked me to tell the story of hemophilia & AIDS. I'm now honoring his wish.
December 1, 2024 at 5:49 AM
World AIDS Day: Today, I honor the lives lost & impacted by HIV/AIDS, including my hubby, Dave, who died from tainted blood products. In this 1996 shot in the NH mountains, we didn't know he'd be gone in a year. He'd once asked me to tell the story of hemophilia & AIDS. I'm now honoring his wish.
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November 30, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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MIAMI BOOK FAIR ‘24: Patti Smith is one of the most gracious author speakers I’ve ever seen. She talked about A Book of Days, her new photo book; told great stories; shared her love of reading, writing, & photography; sang an a cappella version of Because the Night w/audience. A beautiful moment!
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
MIAMI BOOK FAIR ‘24: Patti Smith is one of the most gracious author speakers I’ve ever seen. She talked about A Book of Days, her new photo book; told great stories; shared her love of reading, writing, & photography; sang an a cappella version of Because the Night w/audience. A beautiful moment!
Happiness on a door. #iphonephotography
November 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Happiness on a door. #iphonephotography
Beauty in contrast.
November 15, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Beauty in contrast.