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Journalist and #author of Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America (Penguin/Dutton) @washingtonpost @nytimes @time @mcsweeneys #binders #writingcommunity

Santa Cruz, CA
Joined October 2015
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@ettinger_amy
Amy Ettinger
1 year
Thank you everyone for all your kind words and messages about my @washingtonpost piece. I was out yesterday seeing beauty with the people I love most.
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Amy Ettinger
6 months
If you wish to commemorate @ettiniger_amy , here is what I want you to do. 1. Don't put off your plans to see a beautiful place you always wanted to see. 2. Stop second guessing your talents, and don't let "No" impede your progress towards fulfilling your dreams."
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Amy Ettinger
6 months
This is @DanWhite39 , posting @ettinger_amy 's Twitter account. I am heartbroken to tell you that Amy Ettinger died early Wednesday. She reached millions of people with her essay @washingtonpost Inspired Life @AlliKlein , "I am dying at 49. Here's why I have no regrets." (1-4))
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Amy Ettinger
2 years
I spent most of my morning responding to the heartfelt emails I received from my @Newsweek piece. There are still so many stories around #mentalhealth #caregivers #stigma that need to be told.
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Amy Ettinger
10 months
"Thank you" for all the meals friends have made and delivered, the generous Doordash and Grubhub cards, unexpected care packages, comfort items, and all the cards, texts, emails I’ve received(but can’t always respond to). It's all been appreciated. #worldkindnessday2023
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Amy Ettinger
3 years
@GuardianJessica After years in a newsroom, I just assume the editor is screaming at me. But, now I can just cry in my own bathroom.
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Amy Ettinger
1 year
I'm thrilled to be included in @MemoirMonday along with these very talented writers. I'll be spending my morning reading their words. #memoir #WritingCommunity
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
We had a full house @BookshopSC for @Litquake ! What a wonderful night with these amazing authors. @DanWhite39 @wallacebaine @micaheveperks @lizamonroy @peggytownsend
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Amy Ettinger
3 years
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
Two earthquakes in 24 hours can only mean one thing. It's Litquake time! Join us for the first-ever Santa Cruz @Litquake event, and let the creative energy keep the ground from swaying.
@BookshopSC
Bookshop Santa Cruz
5 years
TONIGHT! Join us at 7PM to celebrate 20 years of @Litquake with Litquake Santa Cruz: Funny & Peculiar, featuring @elmckenzie1 , @micaheveperks , @peggytownsend , @lizamonroy & @wallacebaine , moderated by @DanWhite39 & @ettinger_amy . Co-presented by @UCSCTHI .
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Yes, I'm married to this giraffe. #womensmarch2018 @DanWhite39
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Amy Ettinger
3 years
I've heard from several people that they are going to learn #mahjongg after reading my article in @AARP and I'm so thrilled.
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
I am so excited to celebrate the rich #writingcommunity in Santa Cruz next week @Litquake ! @DanWhite39 and I will be on air with @wallacebaine Thursday to preview the event. Listen in at 6:30 to KSQD.
@BookshopSC
Bookshop Santa Cruz
5 years
ONE WEEK: Join us next Tuesday, October 15th 7 PM for @Litquake Santa Cruz: Funny & Peculiar, featuring @elmckenzie1 , @micaheveperks , @peggytownsend , @lizamonroy & @wallacebaine , moderated by @DanWhite39 & @ettinger_amy . Co-presented by @UCSCTHI .
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Amy Ettinger
4 years
This sums up 2020 for me.
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
"Ice cream is not just a snack but a circumstance and time of year--frozen forever in memory." Sharing this memory and scoop with one of my favorite peeps. #NationalChocolateIceCreamDay
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Amy Ettinger
6 months
This is @DanWhite39 posting on Amy's account. Thank you so much to everyone who reached out to Amy over her @washinghtonpost Inspired Life stories about her cancer journey. she did not have a chance to respond to all messages, but I can tell they moved her immenselly.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
My family's artistic take on the cover of my book. I love it for many reasons, including the fact that it looks like the cones are weeping.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
My family is super-excited about my upcoming book readings! And when they are excited, they make art @DanWhite39 @BookshopSC
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Without these guys we'd all be stuck eating "frozen non dairy desserts." The horror. Happy #CowAppreciationDay
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
A fun chat with @hereandnow about frozen custard and some of the hidden secrets at ice cream shops across the country. @DuttonBooks
@hereandnow
Here & Now
7 years
Cone vs. cup? Waffle vs. sugar? Chocolate vs. rainbow? @ettinger_amy shares her tour through America’s ice cream:
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Found this fun poster at the Ferry Building over the weekend. Excited for July 1 @bookpassage @DuttonBooks #sweetspot
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
My daughter raised more than $200 for #PuertoRicoRelief #TellMeSomethingGood
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@ettinger_amy
Amy Ettinger
7 years
This made my weekend! Thanks @WSJ for the amazing review!
@DanWhite39
Daniel White
7 years
Fantastic review of Sweet Spot @ettinger_amy @DuttonBooks in @WSJ Wall StreetJournal."Impressively thorough" indeed!
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
I can't wait for this! @DanWhite39 are perfecting our on-stage patter(as opposed to our at-home banter).
@BookshopSC
Bookshop Santa Cruz
5 years
TWO WEEKS: Join us Tuesday, October 15th 7 PM for @Litquake Santa Cruz: Funny & Peculiar, featuring @elmckenzie1 , @micaheveperks , @peggytownsend , @lizamonroy & @wallacebaine , moderated by @DanWhite39 & @ettinger_amy . Co-presented by @UCSCTHI .
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Thank goodness I have the chance to hear an intelligent speaker conversing about world affairs tonight! I have tix to see Madeleine Albright @BookshopSC The real #SOTU
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Now we just need a super-annoying jingle @NewYorker
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
I loved this essay so much. #ScienceFictionDay
@NewYorker
The New Yorker
5 years
β€œI love Mr. Spock because he reminds me of you, I said.” Michael Chabon reflects on his relationship with his dying father and their shared love of β€œStar Trek.”
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
As I Lay Texting #MillennialABook
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Amy Ettinger
4 years
I am 5 months late on the group reading of War and Peace. I've jumped in and just finished Volume 1. Is anyone else reading #tolstoytogether on their own?
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
@BookshopSC
Bookshop Santa Cruz
7 years
SIX WEEKS: Join us Monday, July 17th at 7 pm for local author @ettinger_amy & her new book SWEET SPOT
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
Friends outside the Bay Area: Things are getting a little weird(er) here. Panicked drivers at the gas stations. Events are being cancelled. I've been instructed to send my daughter to school with extra layers and bottled water. #yomkippur #feelslikeendofdays
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Let's get those book projects going in 2019!
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Mentorly
6 years
This just in! Author @ettinger_amy has times up to mentor up and coming writers! Book your session today! πŸ‘‡πŸΌβœ¨
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
This is still going on! A chance to win a very cool looking ice cream maker!
@DuttonBooks
Dutton Books
7 years
We all scream for ice cream! Enter the #NationalIceCreamMonth sweeps to win an ice cream maker & more!
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
If you're looking for the extreme ice cream experience on #NationalIceCreamDay , check out my interview for @KQED
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
We're going to be a room full of book nerds and oddballs, and it's not even my birthday. Can't wait! #WritingCommunity
@BookshopSC
Bookshop Santa Cruz
5 years
TOMORROW: Join us at 7 PM for @Litquake Santa Cruz: Funny & Peculiar, featuring @elmckenzie1 , @micaheveperks , @peggytownsend , @lizamonroy & @wallacebaine , moderated by @DanWhite39 & @ettinger_amy . Co-presented by @UCSCTHI .
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Amy Ettinger
2 years
@DanWhite39
Daniel White
2 years
The John Fetterman hospitalization really hit home for me. I wrote a piece about it that's now live at Newsweek @newsweek
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
The brilliant @DanWhite39 on why preserving the Girl Scouts is so important in these modern times. @washingtonpost
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Book event details! There will be ice cream. What more can you ask for? @BookshopSC @BooksIncEvents @faceinbooks @bookpassage
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Amy Ettinger
3 years
Getting excited to teach my next person essay class on Saturday. What's better than starting your day re-reading Baldwin and Didion? #amwriting
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
A good time to re-read this from @RebeccaSkloot
@BookshopSC
Bookshop Santa Cruz
7 years
#WomensHistoryMonth @RebeccaSkloot THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS "A story of greed, race & inequality.. ."
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Thanks @WSJBooks for your review of Sweet Spot! @DuttonBooks
@WSJBooks
WSJ Books Section
7 years
The novels of Chester Himes; the Gilded Age; quakes; Claire Messud’s latest; Al Green; the scoop on ice cream; more
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Happy New Year to all those who celebrate. I hope this tastes like it looks as it took all morning to make. And if not...well, tomorrow's French toast.
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Amy Ettinger
2 years
The rain and the floods and climate anxiety are affecting all Californians. But I worry most about the kids. Thanks @CNNOpinion for running this piece, about how climate change is affecting our youth.
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Amy Ettinger
4 years
As the weather gets warmer, I'm hearing from more people who are making their own ice cream at home. I hope my entire feed fills with that news. Ice cream = therapy.
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Can't wait for this Thursday!
@pvld
Palos Verdes Library
6 years
Do you love ice cream as much as we do? Then you won't want to miss author Amy Ettinger as she discusses her new book "Sweet Spot: An Ice Cream Binge Across America"! Meet Amy @ the Peninsula Center Library on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 4pm
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Amy Ettinger
2 years
Thrilled to be teaching this course again (online) @StanfordCSP April 15-16. My students have published in @byshondaland @Newsweek @NextAvenue
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
Thanks @michellerichmon for this post. It was just the inspiration I needed this morning to keep writing. #writingcommunity #authors
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Making strawberry ice cream in a bag for #4thOfJuly2017 . #summerscience @DanWhite39
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
I can't think of a more important deadline right now than the cut-off to register to vote. I'm uniting with my fellow writers today to #BookTheVote and I urge you all to register! The window in many places closes soon.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
I am excited to be heading off to @TFOB on Friday! Panels are on Saturday at 10 am and 2:30 pm and Sunday's 4 pm panel with @bravetart will feature ice cream. Now to the important stuff: I need food and yoga recommendations around the University!
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
Excited to be teaching my one-day class at Stanford on Oct. 12 on how to put together a nonfiction book proposal. There are just a few spots left....
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
Being an #author can have its challenges, but it also has tremendous perks. I am looking forward to teaching my nonfiction book proposal class tomorrow @StanfordCSP . I believe in the stories #writers are passionate about telling. #writingcommunity
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Remembering Mom today by eating her kugel. #MothersDayhttps ://www.kveller.com/this-amazing-kugel-was-the-only-thing-my-jewish-mom-could-cook/
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
Tomorrow is the year anniversary of the #CampFire . A bright note in a difficult time: I just got word that the book of recipes I wrote about for @washingtonpost will finally be available to order next week.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
I'm excited to be part of the 10th festival!
@TFOB
Tucson Festival of Books
7 years
We’re excited about our 10th festival and you will be, too! Click the link at the end to get to the full list of our 2018 Presenting Authors
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
My piece for @WaPoFood on how America's obsession with ice cream began and the addictive hold it has over all of us, especially our leaders.
@WaPoFood
Post Food
7 years
How ice cream went from elitist indulgence to America’s favorite frozen treat
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Thanks @ParadeMagazine ! Great way to celebrate #nationalicecreamday !
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Amy Ettinger
2 years
In the past month my writing clients have published with @newsweek @aarp @YourTeenMag @NextAvenue and have landed agents for their longer work. So thrilled for all of them. #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writing
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
I spent a lovely day at Turtle Bay in June with my daughter. I am relieved to hear that dedicated employees have stepped in to care for these animals. Stay safe, everyone. #CarrFire
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Ice cream tasting isn't as easy as it looks! It's certainly fun to watch these folks try to guess the flavors.
@DuttonBooks
Dutton Books
7 years
People try bizarre ice cream flavors and try to guess what they are πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚, for @ettinger_amy 's book SWEET SPOT 🍦! #fridayfeeling Watch now:
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
If you're within a 50 mile radius of Milwaukee on #NationalIceCreamDay don't miss @LeonsFrozenCust , @koppscustard
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Thanks for the great write-up @anxiouscook ! And heed the warning: Have ice cream close by when you read #sweetspot
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Great event! Thanks for having me @recycleBook !
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Thanks so much @APLDeborahK !
@APLDeborahK
Deborah @ the Library
7 years
So I really loved Sweet Spot by Amy Ettinger. It's a memoir/food history about eating ice cream across the country. 🍨🍦 #AskALibrarian
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Amy Ettinger
8 years
Love the Landlide Sundae idea @HSFerryBuilding . I'll be making a batch of The Victor.
@humphryslocombe
humphryslocombe
8 years
Fudge Brownie w/Blue Bottle Vietnamese Coffee and hot Fudge - Landslide Sundae is here and don't forget to #VoteNov8th #landslide #lickthat
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
I'm not entirely sure I can resist this. Yes, those are ice cream cones.....
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Tomorrow is #NationalIceCreamDay and I'm getting lots of inquiries about the best spots to celebrate. So, I'm gonna try and help y'all out. Starting locally, here's my roundup. @ice_cream , @cruz_creamery , @mariannessc
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
This is still my parenting philosophy. Raise those slackers.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
You just have to skip the mealworms, oysters and foie gras. #MakeABookSweet
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Agreed! I think it's a year-round favorite.
@CallieCrossley
Callie Crossley
7 years
#TBT : Nights are cooler, but there's still time to enjoy New England's favorite dessert: (cc: @tosci , @Herrells )
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Amy Ettinger
4 years
@washingtonkate Chicken pot pie!
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Started my morning with this sweet encouragement, after a few days of truly unpleasant news in my inbox.
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Amy Ettinger
4 years
This is going to be a fantastic nonfiction class with @DanWhite39 . Sign up soon before it fills!
@DanWhite39
Daniel White
4 years
Hello friends. I'm excited to announce that I'm launching ZOOM-based nonfiction writing course in June called "Story Of My Life," open to beginning and advanced writers. Details here. Sign-up link coming soon.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Curious about extreme ice cream? Well, here you go!
@DuttonBooks
Dutton Books
7 years
Get a taste of @ettinger_amy 's SWEET SPOT via a fascinating #excerpt about a controversial #icecream flavor @lithub !
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
@BookshopSC @DNASComedyLab @elmckenzie1 Disappointing, but it makes sense given current events. Can't wait to read the book and take my mind off of the news.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
@TaraGoedjen @karatwrites @writerkmc @boswellbooks @OakCreekPubLib If you're in Milwaukee, try the custard at either Leon's or @koppscustard ! @elmckenzie1 is now hooked!
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Amy Ettinger
4 years
Creative projects are moving forward! My client has a big book coming out in a few weeks, that I helped her develop. And I'm teaching @StanfordCSP again this fall. I'll be announcing a few more some new classes soon! Stay tuned or DM me for details.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
Celebrating this paperback release with a massive pizza. Sorry, @DanWhite39 I just can't do Mountain House tonight.
@DanWhite39
Daniel White
7 years
Thank you, @HenryHolt , and good camping to you all.
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Amy Ettinger
7 years
I celebrate #nationalicecreamday every day!
@CallieCrossley
Callie Crossley
7 years
Sunday is #NationalIceCream Day, but why wait until then to celebrate? (cc: @Herrells , @tosci , @ettinger_amy )
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Amy Ettinger
2 years
Many of the questions posed @CNNOpinion are coming up for us again today as we see roads washing away and hearing about neighborhoods cut off from the rest of the community. #climateanxiety
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Amy Ettinger
6 years
Let alone one of the most important jobs in the country.
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Amy Ettinger
5 years
I am remembering the homemade costume my husband made for my daughter after Hurricane Sandy. Somehow, as parents, we keep things together for the kids.
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Amy Ettinger
4 years
This will be an amazing class, for anyone who wants to learn to write and publish personal essays.
@DanWhite39
Daniel White
4 years
hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know my personal essay/ memoir class, "Story Of My Life" kicks off next week from 1230 to 230 p.m. PST on Saturday, June 6, and is almost full. Just a couple of spots left. Get in touch if you're interested. Info below!
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