Katie Brand
PMC Book Club Review: The Light We Carry
What is resilience?
This question, sometimes rhetorical, sometimes not, has stayed with me a lot lately.
Is resilience simply to overcome, or is it truly something bigger, something we sometimes do not even realize we...
Pensacola Family-Friendly Mardi Gras Guide
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
I am always a little sad when Christmas ends. We have all this build up and an advent calendar full of activities and then BAM! in two days, it...
Oh, Baby! PMC’s Local King Cake Guide
This is my year. After years of auditioning, I have decided it is time. I will officially begin a new role which is "King Cake Connoisseur" for my family.
Now for those of you outside...
Guide to Thanksgiving Made Easier
FINALLY! The holiday season has arrived, and the festivities can begin. This is what I live for. I have been so excited to host the holidays this year; we were still in Halloween costumes...
PMC Book Club Review: Olga Dies Dreaming
“I am myself, plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.”
When Olga Dies Dreaming was published this past year, a book review summarized it as a...
Favorite Amazon Fashion Finds
Ladies, I am not sure about you, but I sure do have some issues shopping now that I have a tot. Online shopping is definitely a friend, and I am a SUCKER for targeted...
PMC Book Club Book Review: Every Last Secret A.R. Torre
Can you feel it? The "R" months are approaching- September, October, November, and December.
But before the cool air and pumpkin spice everything whisks us all away, you may be able to squeeze in one...
PMC Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
William Shakespeare’s star-crossed protagonist once asked the fates “What is in a name?”
V.E. Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue focuses on the answer to that very question.
The novel begins in France...
PMC Book Club Review: The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line by Major General...
On the world news the other evening, a young Ukrainian teacher was being interviewed as she was making camouflage blinds for troops.
When asked about a previous comment she had made off-camera regarding her desire...
Family-Friendly St. Patrick’s Day Fun!
I love every holiday. I'm that person.
I may not have the mantle decked out or coordinating shirts/jammies each time, but we celebrate- ALL of them- in some way.
For Mardi Gras, we enjoy our share...