ANNA'S CURIO CABINET

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,...

Here we are at the turn of a season. I like the coolness in the air and the goldenrod but am reluctant to let go of summer, with its...

The stupor of deep summer is upon me. It's the "try-to-get-all-outside-stuff-done-between-the-hours-of-5:30-am-and-7:30-am" type of...

I'm in full summer mode here at the Curio Cabinet. This means a lot of exploring outdoors and very little writing or artsy-fartsy. But...

Two weekends ago my husband and I went on a short, local backpacking trip along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland. The first day we had...

Last week I finished reading Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton....

I have a love/hate relationship with March. All its ups and downs with temperature give me trust issues with Mother Nature and this past...

I finished Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott the other week. I enjoyed it. She's funny and down-to-earth and has some great perspectives on...