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Hi! My name is Kathlyn and I love travel, history, foodies, and all things paranormal.
Here Are Nifty Ways To Get Into The Christmas Spirit by Kathlyn King

Here Are Nifty Ways To Get Into The Christmas Spirit

If you’re a young adult, the events of the past year and some change may have officially taken their toll on you; leaving you feeling too overwhelmed and too exhausted (and if we’re going to be honest, maybe even a little bit skittish) to get into the holiday, specifically Christmas, spirit. You want to but your heart just isn’t feeling it. You feel like you’re missing out even though you’re sticking to the same holiday routine. You’re still chasing that high of being a kid again on Christmas morning. Every year, you feel the lyrics,“Where are you Christmas? Why can’t I find you?”, that much harder.

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8 Reasons Why You Should Try Ancestry DNA by Kathlyn King

8 Reasons Why You Should Try Ancestry DNA

If you recall my last my blog about why you should try out 23 & Me, you will recall why I find these DNA testing companies so fascinating. It’s not that they’ve themselves are fascinating, it’s what you can uncover by using these facilities. As someone with a perpetual need to seek and learn, I wanted to try out both of these DNA services and compare the findings. Genealogy is something I find to be increasingly fascinating. Ancestry has been around for quite sometime, but have only began DNA testing since 2012. I have tried 23&Me DNA testing, now I wanted to give Ancestry DNA a try.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Try 23&Me by Kathlyn King

10 Reasons Why You Should Try 23&Me

I’m sure many of you have been curious about at least a little bit curious about your ancestry at some point in your life. I find ancestry and genealogy to be very fascinating. As a history buff, history has been shaped by who sired who. Countless wars have been fought for the sake of claiming one’s “natural birth rite”. And when you you go back through genealogy records, it’s kind of cool to discover that some of your ancestors had major claims in high stakes courts and crowns. My family lore was that we were definitely British (go figure), Scottish, and definitely some German. We also knew that we had a touch of Native American ancestry as well.

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13 Apothecary Aesthetics For You And Your Home by Kathlyn King

13 Apothecary Aesthetics For You And Your Home

Maybe it’s because of my current profession as a pharmacy technician, but I love the aesthetics of apothecary. Not just because of it genuinely looking interesting to me and my personal tastes, but also because of how useful apothecary is to me and my profession. As a lover of history, I am always delighted to read and learn about how apothecary has helped build modern medicine, and human civilization as a whole. I feel that whoever I was in a past life worked as an apothecary or some sort of healer. If you love apothecary, like me, here are 13 apothecary aesthetics that you can use for both you and your home.

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12 Books To Read If You Are OBSESSED With Tudor History by Kathlyn King

12 Books To Read If You Are OBSESSED With Tudor History

As a descendant of Owen Tudor and the Tudor Dynasty of England, family drama kind of runs in the blood. My ancient family’s drama has been so tantalizing juicy that it still captivates and demands attention 500 years after these events have played out. As a lover of all things history, especially in Tudor England, I am blessed with the fact that so many people are also obsessed with Tudor drama. So much so, that this obsession has given us countless books, movies, and tv shows that feed us entertainment about Britain’s most iconic and infamous dysfunctional dynasty.

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15 HAUNTINGLY Good Haunts In Savannah, Georgia by Kathlyn King

15 HAUNTINGLY Good Haunts In Savannah, Georgia

As a born and bred South Georgian, who has been to Savannah more times than I can recall, and as a lover of all things paranormal and spooky, there are few places I love more than this city. The hostess city doesn’t just host thousands upon thousands of tourists and locals with good food, beautiful architecture, and southern hospitality; it is also the permanent home to countless souls who are bound to loom over its squares, streets, taverns, inns, and halls for eternity. Why is Savannah claimed to be one of the most haunted cities in the United States? Founded in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, the city of Savannah has been no stranger to death, disease, and siege for almost 300 years of its existence.

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30 Reasons Why Asheville, North Carolina Should Be On Your Vacation Bucket List by Kathlyn King

30 Reasons Why Asheville, North Carolina Should Be On Your Vacation Bucket List

Asheville is a beautiful and shining gem tucked away in the Smokey Mountains. I love Asheville, North Carolina. I have grown older and experienced the beauty that is in and around Asheville multiple times I took my first trip up to Asheville in 2005 when I was 12 years old. I have always loved the mountains, and we had taken many trips to the Smokey Mountains as a family before then. But going to Asheville for the first time offered completely new experiences for me and my family. There are many reasons why Asheville keeps me entranced and coming back. Here are 30 things to do while vacationing in Asheville, North Carolina.

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