ANNA'S CURIO CABINET

2024 Reads (credit: A O'Brien) 366 days come and gone, 40 books consumed. Here's my 2024 list of books read in chronological order....

Sunset on the winter solstice. This is one of my favorite color palettes. (Credit: Anna O'Brien) My most despised time of day is 2 pm....

What I wouldn't give for Hunter S. Thompson to be alive right now. He's always on my to-read list but recent events have pushed one of...

Although I've mentally been in the #fallvibes since August, the autumnal equinox passed last Sunday without my noticing. I am aware of is...

I've been thinking a lot about wrestling lately. Most of it has to do with watching The Iron Claw . But also: cats are great wrestlers....

I will admit a love/hate relationship with the word "vibes." It feels overused and therefore trite and there's probably more than a bit...

After quite a drought, I am very pleased to announce the publication of one of my sci-fi short stories! "Hatch, Beast, Flew Away" has...

In school occasionally we had to memorize stuff and it was dumb. Equations for math, monologues for English -- I'm talking rote...

On April 8, 2024, parts of North America were in the path of totality of a solar eclipse. Frederick, Maryland, was not included in the...

The chaos of March: 70 degree days and blooms then snow flurries, frost, and fierce winds, then rinse and repeat. It's good to see green...

Not infrequently the most interesting part of the local paper is the classified section. Aside from the used cars and puppies, just this...

Posting the annual have-read list at the end of the year seems a bit blase now but I'll admit I like to sneak a peek at what other folks...

It’s cold out now, and dark. The countdown begins to the winter solstice. Even though that is the shortest, darkest day of the year, once...

I'm not getting paid to endorse, but endorse I shall: The Public Domain Review is a fantastic online publication that plumbs the depths...

I broke my collarbone in spring of 2018 which meant I was stuck inside with my right arm in a sling and forbidden to bike/run/horse...

Spring has come and gone and we're at the start of a drier than normal summer. It's been cooler so far too, although with El Niño...

Have you ever had the experience where you learned a term for something you didn't know existed and yet knew the thing itself existed?...

Being mid-January now, it seems too late to write about resolutions for 2023 and reflections for 2022 but allow me this: I came across a...

It's dark now by 5 pm. Stupid and dark. Soon to be stupid and cold and dark. And while I will wallow in my seasonal-affectiveness-disorde...

I am in full autumn fan girl mode right now. Pumpkins: bought. Pie: made and eaten. Constantly thinking about new cozy hobbies for dark,...