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Annie Sand

@anniesand

Writer, teacher, intermittent fashionista, nature lover (mostly). Writing in Guernica, the Rumpus, the Iowa Review, and Ecotone. https://www.anniesand.com/

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Same, so far not successful, results inconclusive 🀞

02.03.2025 02:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Venus Effect On mirrors, memoir, and navel-gazing

New essay up today! Thinking about the perennial accusation of memoirs as self absorbed.
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28.02.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Who Watched the Water Rise - Ecotone I nose my rental car off the highway around 9 a.m., a meager breakfast and a bad night’s sleep twisting my stomach. To my left, a river emerges from a

My new essay in @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social is free to read online for the next two weeks :)

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10.02.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tending the Inner Garden On memory and refuge

New essay on memory and caring for our inner selves :)

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31.01.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Jazz Remedy On the powerful intimacy of live music

New essay up today!

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17.01.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last month I published an essay in @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social and yesterday received this beautiful postcard from a total stranger. Tell your favorite writers you love their work! They certainly don’t hear it enough.

16.01.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just walked into a bar and the bouncer said β€œI remember you.”

I was not aware I’d been in that bar before πŸ™ˆ

11.01.2025 02:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A guy at this coffee shop just ordered a quad-shot cappuccino.
Can’t decide if I’m afraid for him or afraid of him.

07.01.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today so far:

06.01.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wrote a little essay about Death Valley, infinity, and the new year :)

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04.01.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pretty pleased with that

01.01.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sleeping in the floor of the airport, my least dirty laundry for a pillow, an audiobook for my lullaby.

31.12.2024 14:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Browsing an airport bookstore where Charles Dickens, Ada LimΓ³n, and the Quran are all shelved under nonfiction πŸ™ˆ

30.12.2024 23:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love that sculpture!

28.12.2024 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Babysitting a toddler and realizing I’ll have the Bluey theme stuck in my head for the rest of my life.

27.12.2024 19:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The problem with visiting family during the holidays is that by the time we get to Christmas Eve I cannot people anymore.

24.12.2024 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Death Valley sand dunes πŸ–€

24.12.2024 01:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finding quiet in the modern world is sneaking off to the Starbucks for an hourβ€”then wearing ear plugs under noise-cancelling headphonesβ€”to do some sketchbook work.

21.12.2024 18:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Me after eating my weight in cheese

21.12.2024 05:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seen in a diner today. Font design is important

21.12.2024 00:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If, like me, the dark and the cold are dragging down your spirits, I wrote a little essay for warmth.

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20.12.2024 15:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Just found the most wonderfully absurd satin 80s dress at the thrift store

19.12.2024 20:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whenever my piece-of-junk laptop dies, its clock reverts to 6:00 pm on New Years Eve, 1969.

Probably just some snarled code, but I like to believe the ghost in my machine is sending a cryptic message.

18.12.2024 21:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0