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Anne Cunningham 3 posts 0 comments

Anne Cunningham is a freelance arts journalist and single mother of a girl and a dog called Toto, although the girl's not called Dorothy. She writes mostly Lit Crit for the Sindo and the Meath Chronicle, proofreads for Dalkey Archive Press and edits manuscripts for aspiring novelists, but will consider anything. She has her very own choir. Seriously. All male. She herself is an excellent Baritone. Her favourite inspirational quote is from Groucho Marx: " Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read". She rarely uses Twither except for shameless self-promotion @annecrecipes.

Humour

Eureka! The Discovery of the Smart Hoover

Anne Cunningham Aug 14, 2018 0

It was fire-engine red. Sleek and very shiny, this smart and beautiful thing. As I stared at it in wonder, I could hear angels singing Gloria in Excelsis Deo, which is Latin for Your Hoovering Days are Over. No, the angels weren’t calling…

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Valley of the Dogs

Anne Cunningham Jul 16, 2018 0

I live in an area frequently described as “dog rough” and it’s as accurate a description as any. It’s a scary place, too, but that’s a whole other bag of frogs and wouldn’t even raise a grin here. So I’ll just tell you how I came to fully…

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Arachnaphobia

Anne Cunningham Jul 2, 2018 0

So there I was, minding my own business, having a quiet pee, when I copped him. And he was HUGE. Bigger than my dog. A spider with the legs of a rugby player, hair on them you could blow-dry, nearly as tall as one, too. I never saw anything…