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ANNA'S CURIO CABINET
A growing collection of writing, nature, animals, science, art, geography, and other fun curiosities.

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aobriendvm
Jan 302 min read
Solid Openers
Penny, queen of winter weather. This girl does not feel the cold. Credit: A O'Brien Here's to the end of a month that's felt like a year....
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aobriendvm
Jan 152 min read
Let's Do This
Trying out a new format in 2025. Opening new drawers in the ol' cabinet, if you will. Some writers I enjoy often employ a solid listicle...
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aobriendvm
Jan 12 min read
40 Reads from 2024
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....
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aobriendvm
Dec 25, 20242 min read
You May Often. . . or The 2 pm Blues
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....
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aobriendvm
Nov 14, 20241 min read
In the Spirit of Fear and Loathing
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...
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aobriendvm
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Every New Cycle
Although I've mentally been in the #fallvibes since August, the autumnal equinox passed last Sunday without my noticing. I am aware of is...
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aobriendvm
Aug 27, 20241 min read
A Photo Essay
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....
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aobriendvm
Jul 8, 20241 min read
Summer Vibes
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...
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aobriendvm
Jun 5, 20241 min read
Publication News!
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...
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aobriendvm
May 30, 20242 min read
What Numbers Do You Hold?
In school occasionally we had to memorize stuff and it was dumb. Equations for math, monologues for English -- I'm talking rote...
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aobriendvm
Apr 27, 20241 min read
Indirect Viewing
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...
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aobriendvm
Mar 24, 20242 min read
The Helpless Optimism of Spring
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...
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aobriendvm
Feb 25, 20241 min read
Want Ads
Not infrequently the most interesting part of the local paper is the classified section. Aside from the used cars and puppies, just this...
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aobriendvm
Jan 4, 20242 min read
35 Reads from 2023
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...
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aobriendvm
Nov 30, 20232 min read
A Study in Patience
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...
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aobriendvm
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Now THAT'S a curio cabinet!
I'm not getting paid to endorse, but endorse I shall: The Public Domain Review is a fantastic online publication that plumbs the depths...
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aobriendvm
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Summer People
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...
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aobriendvm
Jun 9, 20232 min read
The Stars Have Left the Galaxy
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...
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aobriendvm
Feb 25, 20233 min read
The Commonplace Book
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?...
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aobriendvm
Jan 15, 20233 min read
New Year, Same Me
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...
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