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Continue reading →: Hometown
A trip down memory lane I grew up in Podunk, NH, a town so small it was named for the first family to settle there, the Podunks. Some of their descendants were still residents. They didn’t put on any airs, though. After all, this town isn’t known for anything, and…
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Continue reading →: Motorcycle Week
Because a day just isn’t enough I grew up in rural NH which plays host each summer to a weeklong event known as Motorcycle Week. Thousands of rotund bikers with their particular lady partners descend upon the region like a swarm of locusts. Instances of sexual harassment per-square-mile immediately quadruple…
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Continue reading →: Auf Der Autobahn
I don’t know how fast I was actually going on the Autobahn, because I don’t speak KPH. All I know is that as I kept pace with other cars in the left lane, it felt like I was piloting a rocket. My husband meanwhile snoozed in the passenger seat of…
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Continue reading →: What Pandemic?
Remember that time we had a global pandemic and then as soon as the mask mandate lifted, one country invaded another? WUT?! I naively thought that once this isolation was over, we’d all stumble out of our homes blinking in the light and going, “Wow – other humans! People I’m not related…
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Continue reading →: The Follies of Femininity
Lipstick is the Houdini of makeup. No one knows why someone would want to change the color of their mouth, least of all the lipstick itself. It would rather be anywhere other than your lips. It prefers to be smudged across your teeth, on someone else’s cheek, or on a…
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Continue reading →: The Arc of Joan’s Journey
A brief and somewhat accurate history lesson In the 1400’s, teenaged Joan of Arc went before her king. “Your majesty, I’ve had visions,” she said. “I’m going to lead our troops to victory and secure your throne.” “Yes, yes,” said the king. “But tell me, Joan – are you a…
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Continue reading →: Early Bird or Early Worm?
They say the early bird gets the worm. Which fails to take into account the other half of the equation: that the early worm gets got. Some sadist in humanity’s history came up with this saying to imply that I lack ambition, productivity, or value if I don’t get up…
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Continue reading →: The Devil You Know
The devil you know is great. You don’t like him per se, but he’s your favorite devil because he is predictable. You know exactly what sets him off or gets him off your back. His sales pitch is simply: Better than the devil you don’t know! Which isn’t a ringing…
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Continue reading →: Bee vs. Human Dignity
Why must bees rob us of our dignity? You’re sitting at a table outside a cafe on a sunny day, and you lean back in your chair and take a deep breath of fresh air, exhale, and smile as the sun warms your face. Then, out of nowhere, a bee…
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Continue reading →: To Mansplain or Not to Mansplain
In college I had an English professor whom I admired. Not only was he knowledgeable, but he also had a sense of humor. Especially, whenever he recited Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in old English (entertaining, but also exhibitionistic). I was struggling a bit to keep my head above water and met…
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I’m Angie
Residing in the New York metropolitan area, I spend much of my free time writing. I graduated from Seattle University and regularly return to Gotham Writers Workshop to keep my skills sharp.
Typically writing at the intersection of memoir and humor, I am currently refining several manuscripts that fall into the graphic novel, crime, and science fiction categories.
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