Anne Gardner
Cognoscenti contributor
Anne Gardner is an Episcopal minister and currently leads the chaplaincy program at Harvard-Westlake, a private high school in Los Angeles. Her debut book, "And So I Walked: Reflections on Chance, Choice, and the Camino de Santiago," (Adelaide Books, NY/Lisbon) recounts her 500-mile hike across northern Spain. Learn more here.
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I thought I was ready for fire. I was wrong
Just after sunset on Wednesday, another spark caught in the Hollywood Hills. The fire had crept closer, now just on the other side of the canyon. We could wait no...
The long-forgotten artifact that connected me to my dad
While sorting through some of her father’s old boxes, Anne Gardner came across a Newburyport telephone directory from 1955. Although the blue cover had faded, a sunny stripe advertising “The...
I’ve lugged my books through 9 moves. I can’t leave them behind
The stories in Anne Gardner's books — from "The Little Prince" to "Common Ground" — aren't the only stories they hold.
How my wife and I entered the bizarre world of MrBeast
At 70, my wife was chosen for the latest competition of a YouTube sensation known to a much younger demographic, writes Anne Gardner. But the experience was a rare chance,...
What’s in a priest collar? A trip to ‘Jeopardy!’ made me wonder
For superfan Anne Gardner, watching “Jeopardy!” live was a dream come true – and it prompted her to reflect on how some questions have more than one right answer.
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Lost and found: Walking 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago
It can be hard to hear the wisdom of one’s interior life in the cacophony of our contemporary world, writes Anne Gardner.
My time with Olympia Dukakis, the lioness of Lowell
The actor’s Massachusetts childhood gave root to her candor, her feistiness, her political bent, her sexual mores and her strident disapproval of the sins of patriarchy, writes Anne Gardner. Dukakis...
What to say when someone you love gets cancer
The biopsy confirmed what the radiologist, and then surgeon, had suspected -- I had cancer. Anne Gardner reflects on her breast cancer diagnosis.
I Broke My Pandemic Quarantine At The Kentucky Derby
The race forced me to rip my COVID Band-Aid off with one quick yank, writes Anne Gardner.
My Life With 'Justin Beaver': Confessions Of A Closet Fur-Owner
PETA may have moved on from fur -- but I'm not ready, writes Anne Gardner.