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/
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 up today! Thinking about the perennial accusation of memoirs as self absorbed.
open.substack.com/pub/anniesan...
open.substack.com/pub/anniesan...
My new essay in @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social is free to read online for the next two weeks :)
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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
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February 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My new essay in @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social is free to read online for the next two weeks :)
ecotonemagazine.org/nonfiction/w...
ecotonemagazine.org/nonfiction/w...
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
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.
Just walked into a bar and the bouncer said “I remember you.”
I was not aware I’d been in that bar before 🙈
I was not aware I’d been in that bar before 🙈
January 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Just walked into a bar and the bouncer said “I remember you.”
I was not aware I’d been in that bar before 🙈
I was not aware I’d been in that bar before 🙈
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.
Can’t decide if I’m afraid for him or afraid of him.
January 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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.
Can’t decide if I’m afraid for him or afraid of him.
Wrote a little essay about Death Valley, infinity, and the new year :)
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January 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wrote a little essay about Death Valley, infinity, and the new year :)
open.substack.com/pub/anniesan...
open.substack.com/pub/anniesan...
Pretty pleased with that
January 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Pretty pleased with that
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
Sleeping in the floor of the airport, my least dirty laundry for a pillow, an audiobook for my lullaby.
Browsing an airport bookstore where Charles Dickens, Ada Limón, and the Quran are all shelved under nonfiction 🙈
December 30, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Browsing an airport bookstore where Charles Dickens, Ada Limón, and the Quran are all shelved under nonfiction 🙈
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
Babysitting a toddler and realizing I’ll have the Bluey theme stuck in my head for the rest of my life.
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
The problem with visiting family during the holidays is that by the time we get to Christmas Eve I cannot people anymore.
Death Valley sand dunes 🖤
December 24, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Death Valley sand dunes 🖤
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
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.
Me after eating my weight in cheese
December 21, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Me after eating my weight in cheese
Seen in a diner today. Font design is important
December 21, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Seen in a diner today. Font design is important
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
If, like me, the dark and the cold are dragging down your spirits, I wrote a little essay for warmth.
open.substack.com/pub/anniesan...
open.substack.com/pub/anniesan...
Just found the most wonderfully absurd satin 80s dress at the thrift store
December 19, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Just found the most wonderfully absurd satin 80s dress at the thrift store
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.
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
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.
Probably just some snarled code, but I like to believe the ghost in my machine is sending a cryptic message.