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How Animals Have Fun

I stumbled across this remarkably adorable video a while back about the different ways animals play. It's by Casual Geographic, and I've...

Katherine Elizabeth

Apr 4, 20231 min read

Separate Ways (Part Two)

While searching for last week's video of Journey's classic song "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" I stumbled across a cover by Daughtry. I...

Katherine Elizabeth

Apr 3, 20231 min read

Book Review of For You (The 'Burg #1) by Kristen Ashley

For You is the first book in the series The 'Burg. Lieutenant Alexander Colton and February Owens belong together. Everybody knew it....

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Katherine Elizabeth

Apr 2, 20232 min read

Book Review of Shades of Gray (KGI #6) by Maya Banks

Shades of Gray is the sixth book in the series KGI. KGI, Kelly Group International, is a mercenary organization that chooses the missions...

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Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 31, 20232 min read

Hershey's Controversy

For International Women's Day, Hershey's Canada released an ad campaign that featured a trans woman who is a women's rights activist. And...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 28, 20231 min read

Separate Ways (Part One)

This is an '80s classic by Journey, famously used in season four of Stranger Things. What was used in the show was a new mix, but this is...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 27, 20231 min read

Book Review of The Other Half of the Grave (A Night Huntress Novel) by Jeaniene Frost

The Other Half of the Grave is part of the Night Huntress Universe series. In 2007, Jeanine Frost published her book Halfway to the...

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Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 26, 20232 min read

Tales from Skinwalker Ranch Part Three

This is the third episode in the three-part series produced by Bedtime Stories about the infamous ranch in the Uinta Basin in...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 21, 20231 min read

Ridin' Roads

This is one of my favorite country songs, and it features on many of my writing playlists. I love the video, and the emotions the song...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 20, 20231 min read

Tales from Skinwalker Ranch Part Two

Here is part two of the three-part series on Skinwalker Ranch produced by the YouTube channel Bedtime Stories. Skinwalker Ranch is a...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 14, 20231 min read

Illicit Affairs

This is off my favorite Taylor Swift album I've heard thus far--though I haven't heard her most recent--Folklore. I think it paints a...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Book Review of Bring Me Home for Christmas (Virgin River #14) by Robyn Carr

Bring Me Home for Christmas is book fourteen in the series Virgin River. This Christmas, Becca Timm wants to get past her college romance...

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Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 12, 20232 min read

Book Review of Harvest Moon (Virgin River #13) by Robyn Carr

Harvest Moon is the thirteenth book in the series Virgin River. Kelly Matlock, a rising sous-chef, has an unexpected collapse at work,...

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Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 10, 20232 min read

Tales from Skinwalker Ranch Part One

Not long ago, The History Channel let Netflix buy the rights to the first season of their show about the place in the Uinta Basin in...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 7, 20231 min read

Wicked Game

This song by Chris Isaak has an infamous video--one that was called the sexiest video of all time in the 90s. I think it's definitely up...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 6, 20231 min read

Book Review of A Bridge to a Troll's Heart by Lee Colgin

A Bridge to a Troll's Heart is a reissue of a book Lee Colgin initially published with Nine Star Press. She re-edited the novella and...

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Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 5, 20232 min read

Itchy, Crawly, Creepy

We've been battling an infestation for the last six months. In June of last year, we bought a recliner from a nice consignment store. It...

Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 4, 20233 min read

Book Review of Angel's Peak (Virgin River #9) by Robyn Carr

Angel's Peak is book nine in the series Virgin River. Four years ago, Franci Duncan and Sean Riordan parted ways after a heated argument...

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Katherine Elizabeth

Mar 3, 20232 min read

Confederate Outlaw Part Two

My recent discovery of the YouTube channel Wartime Stories, the sister channel of Bedtime Stories, led me to this fascinating two-part...

Katherine Elizabeth

Feb 28, 20231 min read

Amazed

I first got into country music in the late 90s, 1999 or so. My cousins listened to it, and when we visited them for the first time in...

Katherine Elizabeth

Feb 27, 20231 min read