Amanda Auchter
@alauchter.bsky.social
Author of the books The Wishing Tomb & The Glass Crib. PEN Center USA Literary Award recipient. Work in CNN and Huffington Post. Book hoarder. Happy wife. Knitter. Cat friend. Aquarius. Avid smiler.
Instagram and Facebook are down, so I’m going to show y’all my homemade chocolate chip banana bread here:
December 11, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Instagram and Facebook are down, so I’m going to show y’all my homemade chocolate chip banana bread here:
So pleased to have poems in the new issue of Two Hawks Quarterly!
Check it out here: twohawksquarterly.com
Check it out here: twohawksquarterly.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:30 AM
So pleased to have poems in the new issue of Two Hawks Quarterly!
Check it out here: twohawksquarterly.com
Check it out here: twohawksquarterly.com
Excerpt from a recent poem of mine published in Mulberry Literary! Check out the new issue to read the entirety and some other great poems here: shorturl.at/yej9K
December 7, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Excerpt from a recent poem of mine published in Mulberry Literary! Check out the new issue to read the entirety and some other great poems here: shorturl.at/yej9K
A few of the poems that appear in my folio in the new issue of UCity Review. Read all nine poems here: shorturl.at/dtLjg
December 6, 2024 at 9:51 PM
A few of the poems that appear in my folio in the new issue of UCity Review. Read all nine poems here: shorturl.at/dtLjg
Stop by UCity Review and check out a preview of my third manuscript: Nine new poems up at UCity Review! Come and see a preview of my third manuscript here: shorturl.at/dtLjg
December 6, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Stop by UCity Review and check out a preview of my third manuscript: Nine new poems up at UCity Review! Come and see a preview of my third manuscript here: shorturl.at/dtLjg
Fred is helping to decorate for Christmas 🎄
December 4, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Fred is helping to decorate for Christmas 🎄
For your Wednesday—
December 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
For your Wednesday—
Watching Our Little Secret on Netflix made me crave cookies (no spoilers, here!), so I made chocolate chip peppermint sugar cookies at 10:30pm 🤷🏻♀️🍪
December 3, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Watching Our Little Secret on Netflix made me crave cookies (no spoilers, here!), so I made chocolate chip peppermint sugar cookies at 10:30pm 🤷🏻♀️🍪
I bought this gorgeous and incredibly soft Southern Living blanket at Dillard’s on Black Friday and Mustache has already decided it’s his.
December 3, 2024 at 7:12 AM
I bought this gorgeous and incredibly soft Southern Living blanket at Dillard’s on Black Friday and Mustache has already decided it’s his.
I’m spending this quiet, chilly morning reading this little classic by Marjorie Bowen.
Read more classics! The language is amazing!
Read more classics! The language is amazing!
December 1, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I’m spending this quiet, chilly morning reading this little classic by Marjorie Bowen.
Read more classics! The language is amazing!
Read more classics! The language is amazing!
Sneak peek of the Christmas tree in progress: knitted (by me) baubles, glass poinsettias, Spode snowmen and nutcrackers, felted doves, real pinecones.
December 1, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Sneak peek of the Christmas tree in progress: knitted (by me) baubles, glass poinsettias, Spode snowmen and nutcrackers, felted doves, real pinecones.
Just a reminder what your cat Fluffy can and can’t eat this Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Just a reminder what your cat Fluffy can and can’t eat this Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃
November 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃
First homemade cranberry bread & tea in my Fox Books (iykyk) mug!
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
First homemade cranberry bread & tea in my Fox Books (iykyk) mug!
The funniest Venn diagram
November 18, 2024 at 7:32 AM
The funniest Venn diagram
I’ve never started decorating this early for Christmas and the ways things are going, I’m totally fine with it. So is Fluffy.
November 18, 2024 at 1:29 AM
I’ve never started decorating this early for Christmas and the ways things are going, I’m totally fine with it. So is Fluffy.
Homemade deluxe nachos tonight were the perfect comfort food. So good!
November 16, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Homemade deluxe nachos tonight were the perfect comfort food. So good!
Nothing hits like chicken and stars when you have an upset tummy.
November 14, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Nothing hits like chicken and stars when you have an upset tummy.
Cats as Tarot card is the best thing.
November 13, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Cats as Tarot card is the best thing.
In case you wanted a peek into my self-care during this post-election time.
November 13, 2024 at 12:47 AM
In case you wanted a peek into my self-care during this post-election time.
Just going to leave this here with apologies to Robert Frost.
November 12, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Just going to leave this here with apologies to Robert Frost.
We buried little Oliver today among the gardenia. He never got to open his eyes to this bright, big world. Poor little guy. 😔
November 12, 2024 at 11:42 PM
We buried little Oliver today among the gardenia. He never got to open his eyes to this bright, big world. Poor little guy. 😔
Meet our Little Man, our unexpected kitten, who is new to this world at 9 hours old! He’s a fighter!
Name suggestions?
Name suggestions?
November 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Meet our Little Man, our unexpected kitten, who is new to this world at 9 hours old! He’s a fighter!
Name suggestions?
Name suggestions?