ANNA'S CURIO CABINET

My family and I share books. We trade, recommend, gush, argue, critique. There are a handful of books that my mom, dad, and I have read...

My husband gifted me a new word a few weeks ago, one I'd never heard of or recall seeing in print and now my laptop is reacting as...

I used to dislike fall because it meant I was back in school, the greenery was dying, and soon the dark slog through winter would begin....

Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. - Rachel...

Spring has sprung! The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, and Anna is outside playing and definitely not inside...

This time last year, things were scary: shut downs and quarantines, the uncertainty of what we were dealing with, what it all meant, and...

I saw a tweet from author Lauren Groff earlier this week that really stuck with me: Maybe it's the dull winter or the isolation from...

We are in the midst of packing for a move. It's exciting and stressful. Of course, a priority when packing is to make sure you don't pack...

Since there's a whole spectrum of thoughtful to asinine pieces clogging the internet currently about "The Best of 2020" or "The Year in...

I read The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson this past weekend and enjoyed every page. It has the perfect mix of quirky natural history and...

It's cliche, but maybe therein lies a grain of truth. Welcome to my third personal blog. The first was created several years ago and...