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Annie Sand
@anniesand.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, intermittent fashionista, nature lover (mostly). Writing in Guernica, the Rumpus, the Iowa Review, and Ecotone.

https://www.anniesand.com/
New essay up today! Thinking about the perennial accusation of memoirs as self absorbed.
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The Venus Effect
On mirrors, memoir, and navel-gazing
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February 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New essay on memory and caring for our inner selves :)

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Tending the Inner Garden
On memory and refuge
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January 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Jazz Remedy
On the powerful intimacy of live music
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January 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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.
January 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just walked into a bar and the bouncer said “I remember you.”

I was not aware I’d been in that bar before 🙈
January 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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.
January 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today so far:
January 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Wrote a little essay about Death Valley, infinity, and the new year :)

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January 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Pretty pleased with that
January 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sleeping in the floor of the airport, my least dirty laundry for a pillow, an audiobook for my lullaby.
December 31, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Browsing an airport bookstore where Charles Dickens, Ada Limón, and the Quran are all shelved under nonfiction 🙈
December 30, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Babysitting a toddler and realizing I’ll have the Bluey theme stuck in my head for the rest of my life.
December 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The problem with visiting family during the holidays is that by the time we get to Christmas Eve I cannot people anymore.
December 24, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Death Valley sand dunes 🖤
December 24, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Finding quiet in the modern world is sneaking off to the Starbucks for an hour—then wearing ear plugs under noise-cancelling headphones—to do some sketchbook work.
December 21, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Me after eating my weight in cheese
December 21, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Seen in a diner today. Font design is important
December 21, 2024 at 12:47 AM
If, like me, the dark and the cold are dragging down your spirits, I wrote a little essay for warmth.

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December 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Just found the most wonderfully absurd satin 80s dress at the thrift store
December 19, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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.
December 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM