Sprezzatura
Because neurotic is the new black....
Ann Nichols
- Location
- East Lansing, Michigan,
- Birthday
- December 31
- Bio
- I write, I read, I clean up after people and I worry about things. I have a chronic insufficiency of ironic detachment. My birthday isn't really December 31; it's March 22 but it won't let me change it.
MY RECENT POSTS
- When Lax Parenting Ruins Nice
Restaurants
May 23, 2012 09:27AM - Forgiveness
May 22, 2012 09:51AM - Facebook: There's a Reason
It's Called a "Social Network"
May 11, 2012 11:49AM - Fifty Shades of Grey: Junk
Food For the Soul
May 09, 2012 10:26AM - Id Wins Again
May 08, 2012 07:52PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Okay. So. That's you as
a pirate, right?! I am so
slow
getting this open call,
an…”
1:10PM - “Wait - I'm confused. Am
I drawing that pirate, myself
as a
pirate, the pirate
of…”
1:08PM - “I think I like 50 Shades
of Pink. ;-)”
May 22, 2012 10:17AM - “Oh, I LOVE this!!!!!!!
Thank you.”
May 22, 2012 10:08AM - “Great post - I have
always wanted to be an
Italian. And there
are few
things that…”
May 04, 2012 09:49AM
Ann Nichols's Links
1:10PM
“Okay. So. That's you as a pirate, right?! I am so slow getting this open call, and I really want to try it. Your picture is great, and you tots can dra…”
About: ARGGG- Greenheron's challenge
“Okay. So. That's you as a pirate, right?! I am so slow getting this open call, and I really want to try it. Your picture is great, and you tots can dra…”
About: ARGGG- Greenheron's challenge
1:08PM
“Wait - I'm confused. Am I drawing that pirate, myself as a pirate, the pirate of my dreams....? And thank you for something fun and creative. The curren…”
About: Can You Draw Me?
“Wait - I'm confused. Am I drawing that pirate, myself as a pirate, the pirate of my dreams....? And thank you for something fun and creative. The curren…”
About: Can You Draw Me?
May 04, 2012 09:49AM
“Great post - I have always wanted to be an Italian. And there are few things that make me happier than a tiny, perfect cup of bitter, black espresso wi…”
About: For a taste of 'la dolce vita,' visit your local coffeehouse
“Great post - I have always wanted to be an Italian. And there are few things that make me happier than a tiny, perfect cup of bitter, black espresso wi…”
About: For a taste of 'la dolce vita,' visit your local coffeehouse
May 01, 2012 07:06PM
“Usually the things you write about your mother make me angry with her. This one was like a puzzle, and it made her more dimensional. I found myself wond…”
About: Night School
“Usually the things you write about your mother make me angry with her. This one was like a puzzle, and it made her more dimensional. I found myself wond…”
About: Night School
April 27, 2012 08:42AM
“Well the way things are going, pretty soon they will admit no one but Snooki and the Kardashians. I'd rather read your books any day.”
About: Authors Guild to allow "associate" memberships (update)
“Well the way things are going, pretty soon they will admit no one but Snooki and the Kardashians. I'd rather read your books any day.”
About: Authors Guild to allow "associate" memberships (update)
April 25, 2012 10:20AM
“Yes!! Last time we talked about using hotel points for an overnight, we considered Chicago and Cleveland, but really, right now? I want to be a part of…”
About: Detroit: Startup City
“Yes!! Last time we talked about using hotel points for an overnight, we considered Chicago and Cleveland, but really, right now? I want to be a part of…”
About: Detroit: Startup City
April 25, 2012 10:19AM
“I want to be you when I grow up. You TOTALLY ROCK. I will wait to visit Portland, and in the meantime, please, please write about Hong Kong. It was you…”
About: I'm outta here!
“I want to be you when I grow up. You TOTALLY ROCK. I will wait to visit Portland, and in the meantime, please, please write about Hong Kong. It was you…”
About: I'm outta here!
April 20, 2012 09:34AM
“Astonishing - you had me at the tiny sand mandala. Beautiful, thought-provoking, and inspiring me to (at least draw) my own internal household. Art the…”
About: Internal Household of the Mind:An Art Therapy Directive
“Astonishing - you had me at the tiny sand mandala. Beautiful, thought-provoking, and inspiring me to (at least draw) my own internal household. Art the…”
About: Internal Household of the Mind:An Art Therapy Directive
April 20, 2012 09:27AM
“I know this wasn't supposed to make me cry, but everything makes me cry right now, and it was so beautiful, and I KNOW Squeaky and Aileen, and i wish I…”
About: Winn-Dixie Bodhi
“I know this wasn't supposed to make me cry, but everything makes me cry right now, and it was so beautiful, and I KNOW Squeaky and Aileen, and i wish I…”
About: Winn-Dixie Bodhi
April 18, 2012 08:49AM
““Obviously, this was a human error, and human errors can happen anywhere.” She then assured me that Dainfern and Sadslebrook, two of the w…”
About: South African Township of Diepsloot without Water
““Obviously, this was a human error, and human errors can happen anywhere.” She then assured me that Dainfern and Sadslebrook, two of the w…”
About: South African Township of Diepsloot without Water
April 16, 2012 12:37PM
“1. Great post (as always) 2. I envy you Jaques Torres and Brooklyn, both of which I dream about. 3. I also love A Walk in the Woods, and I can see you wr…”
About: I'm Walking, Yes Indeed
“1. Great post (as always) 2. I envy you Jaques Torres and Brooklyn, both of which I dream about. 3. I also love A Walk in the Woods, and I can see you wr…”
About: I'm Walking, Yes Indeed
April 16, 2012 12:27PM
“Oh. My grandmother and mother taught me that we couldn't ever, ever, forget. I am now teaching my son and I trust that he will teach his children. Some…”
About: For Nathan
“Oh. My grandmother and mother taught me that we couldn't ever, ever, forget. I am now teaching my son and I trust that he will teach his children. Some…”
About: For Nathan
April 02, 2012 06:22PM
“So I got to see those things and feel them even though I never left here, because you Donwrite poetry. Sigh.”
About: leaving santa barbara
“So I got to see those things and feel them even though I never left here, because you Donwrite poetry. Sigh.”
About: leaving santa barbara
March 23, 2012 01:12PM
“Great, true post. And I have a new mantra: "You had better fix your face, Little Miss!"”
About: The Anger Games
“Great, true post. And I have a new mantra: "You had better fix your face, Little Miss!"”
About: The Anger Games
March 22, 2012 12:19PM
“I hear you. I also have every single one of those books around in case I need them. You are not sundowning.”
About: At a Loss for Words
“I hear you. I also have every single one of those books around in case I need them. You are not sundowning.”
About: At a Loss for Words
March 05, 2012 11:13AM
“Lovely. Just lovely. I have also enjoyed the insight I get into other people based on what they pin - and discovered kindred spirits where i didn't kno…”
About: Pinterest
“Lovely. Just lovely. I have also enjoyed the insight I get into other people based on what they pin - and discovered kindred spirits where i didn't kno…”
About: Pinterest
March 01, 2012 01:54PM
“This was fascinating. I envy you the scarab brooch, the faux beaver jacket and the leather purse. And your sense of style.”
About: A Designing Woman's Late Winter Fashions from a Thrift Store
“This was fascinating. I envy you the scarab brooch, the faux beaver jacket and the leather purse. And your sense of style.”
About: A Designing Woman's Late Winter Fashions from a Thrift Store
March 01, 2012 01:50PM
“Readable?! Lovable, memorable, ponderable...affirm ingable?”
About: My Ex-husband is Here ~ A Saving Grace Redux
“Readable?! Lovable, memorable, ponderable...affirm ingable?”
About: My Ex-husband is Here ~ A Saving Grace Redux
February 28, 2012 10:30AM
“Wow. Just wow. Although I'm still worried about the little boy who is losing his house. So do you, but poetry goes a long way towards making beauty fro…”
About: Loving Langston
“Wow. Just wow. Although I'm still worried about the little boy who is losing his house. So do you, but poetry goes a long way towards making beauty fro…”
About: Loving Langston
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