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  1. The Wall - When the Haters, Trolls, and Little Miss Anonymous Types of the Web Go Too Far

    5/20/12 11:08pm by audreyh68
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    This post was originally published on my personal blog, Barking Mad!    Read more >

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    5/6/12 8:55pm by audreyh68
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  3. When the Bully Wins: Why Was This Allowed to Happen to My Daughter?

    5/3/12 8:17am by audreyh68
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    On the advice of legal counsel, I am temporarily pulling this post.  I hope you understand. Audrey *************  Read more >

  4. Dear Tim Gunn, Does It REALLY Matter What Size Her Dress Is?

    10/14/11 12:56am by audreyh68
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    celebrity, dress size, fashion, health, kirstie alley, Tim Gunn, weight loss

    Dear Mr. Gunn,May I call you Tim?  You can call me Audrey.   I figure the less formal we are, the better chance I have of being able to convince you that there is a real person underneath the additional 200lbs I'm carrying, and worry less about what double-digit dress size I am.  Read more >

  5. A Jane Austen Education Left Me Clueless

    6/17/11 6:15am by audreyh68
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    When I first opened my copy of A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz, I was eager to settle in and delve into how the words of one of my favorite author's helped change the life of Deresiewicz. What I didn't expect to happen was to have so much trouble actually "settling in" with this book.  Read more >

  6. Girl in Translation: Learning to Live in Our New Countries

    5/27/11 5:30am by audreyh68
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    I'm married to an immigrant. As I read deeper and deeper into Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, I found myself able to empathize on a number of smaller points.  Read more >

  7. Constructive Destruction - Finding a Phoenix Amongst the Ashes

    3/23/10 10:23am by audreyh68
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    I Want to be The Biggest Loser I have applied to be a contestant on NBC's The Biggest Loser. I am morbidly obese enough, and to such a degree, to make me an ideal candidate for The Biggest Loser. OH.MY.GOD.   Read more >

  8. Prelude - Mommyblogging; Exploitation or Art?

    2/27/09 12:54pm by audreyh68
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    For the past several months I have been fervently working on a piece about "Mommy-Bloggers", (are we all tired of that title?  Or are you still OK with it?), and the assertions that we exploit our children via either sharing personal stories about raising our children, (this can include day-to-day antics, habits, milestones, and just about any other thing you can think of that your  Read more >

  9. Election Day Ball of Nerves!

    11/4/08 5:50pm by audreyh68
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    I am totally at loose ends today.   Read more >

  10. Paralyzed With Fear Over the State of Our Economy

    10/14/08 9:04am by audreyh68
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    I had a wonderful post ready to go, all about "A Day in the Life of..." and then I went and watched a program on the idiot box about the state of the economy and after curling up into a little ball, rocking back and forth and crying; "The sky is falling, the sky is falling, we're all seriously fucked and going to hell in a handbasket..." After that little manic episode, I decided my prosaic little post about a day in the life of the inhabitants at Casa Barking Mad wasn't really so great after all.  Geez, there were even pictures!   Read more >

Audrey Holden

Full Name
Audrey Holden
Member Since
February 2008
About Me: 

Audrey Holden, a writer, photographer, and former Clear Channel air-talent and voice-over artist, is mother to four beautiful children; 22-year-old twins, Matt and Meg, 19-year-old-Zack, and 6-year-old Gaby.  Audrey is married to her life-long British pen-pal, Gareth, and happy human pawn to two cats, Gracie and Geronimo... who desire to take over the world.  

Audrey's writing has been featured in the nationally circulated Woman's Day magazine, has also appeared in Story Bleed Magazine, the Houston Chronicle's "Good Mom/Bad Mom", and she was recently chosen as of BlogHer's "Voice of the Week."  

Barking Mad also highlights some of Audrey's stunning photography of the Maine coastline, where she and her family formerly made their home (and hope to return to someday soon), as well as several points of interest around Europe, including the UK where Audrey's husband is from. Having recently relocated to upstate NY, Audrey is now familiarizing her camera with several of the many lovely vistas outside their front doorstep!

 

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