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Good evening fellow readers, I apologize that it’s been two weeks but I rather not fill these pages with a bunch of fluff and dry useless words. I’ve been dabbling in making videos and learning about lighting what with the softbox I got earlier this year, so it was a nice reprieve BUT I wanted to return here and talk about a book I just read, The Wife Upstairs, let’s brew about it!

So, Freida McFadden is no stranger to this blog, I’ve read all of her Housemaid series, The Housemaid, The Housemaid’s Secret, and The Housemaid Is Watching. All of which are great stories and the girl reading the audio has the perfect accent for Millie, if you need something to listen to or read start there, you’ll fucking love it.

BUT this book, The Wife Upstairs, had me, I thought I had it figured out, but I think Freida fooled me three times. It’s about a character named Sylvia, who’s and on the edge of being evicted when she picks up a caretaking job to care for an elderly mother of a famous and eccentric writer. Coming off the wings of a break up Sylvia has no prospects and the pay is too good. Low and behold the famous writer, Adam Barnett, isn’t needing a caretaker for his mother but his wife. Adam Barnett’s wife Victoria, had fallen down their spiraling staircase cause severe damage to her brain and her body.

While Victoria, may appear like a living vegetable unable to speak most of the time and if she does it’s one word. Victoria, a once vivacious doctor now, sits listlessly in her wheelchair unable to say her own name. Unlike, everyone in the house Sylvia treats Victoria with respect and care that she deserves, and slowly with as much strength as she can muster she hints to Sylvia that Adam Burnett is NOT what he seems, a devoted husband, but rather a monster laced with smiles and decorum.

The book is hauntingly realistic, and frighteningly scary, as Sylvia susses out the truth behind the sad crippled woman who shrinks away whenever her husband draws near. But seriously if you haven’t read any of Freida McFadden books, you need to. If you have, which one’s your favorite? I just seen one called The Witch, I believe that will be my next McFadden Read.

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Good evening readers, we are starting off the month of June with a bang! Last weekend I had hinted at an adventure last weekend, and this time it was outside the house, the backyard even, which was a nice change of pace. Although physically, my body was hurting but the ticket to go was expiring this weekend, so it was either give it up or push against the pain. So, Seaworld I went, let’s brew about it!

Now, the comparison between Busch Gardens Tampa versus Seaworld Orlando, feels rather unfair, but hands down Seaworld is WAY better. The connivence of Busch Gardens is undeniable, however, Seaworld is not only larger but the attention to detail made you feel transported into another world. Not so much beach themed, but European in ways with the thatched buildings, wild gardens and quaint secret places. Of course there were aquatic nuances, take Journey To Atlantis, their gift shop, had a semi circle alcove with aquariums along the walls, ceilings, and even the floor! It was a nice respite from the heat.

The rides were exhilarating my favorite is the Journey To Atlantis and the Manta. My adrenaline junkie heart was having a blast, but there are smaller rides if that is something more your style. The animal meet and greet areas where phenomenal and up close! There was also, an option to feed them as well, whether sharks, seals, etc. There were a ton of sit down and eat places, and I love that there were water stations everywhere especially, since it was very hot and sunny, weather stated cloudy, but what can you do.

Honestly, it was a wonderful experience to be in another world for a day. The only complaint was that it was super packed, but it is the July Fourth weekend so it is to be expected. If you haven’t been, definitely make a trip up there. But if have you been to Seaworld in Orlando, what’s your favorite ride? Is there an attraction that you feel you MUST see when you go?

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Good afternoon readers! We are about to wrap up June and next weekend is going to be an adventure!! But I’m wrapping up June with expanding the garden in the backyard. I have small plot for fruit and vegetables and a couple of pots, ho-hum, right? BORING!!! I have my heart set on a gothic-romantic-whimsy garden,, let’s brew about it!

I’ve talked about a teepee trellis and a pumpkin arch earlier this month. I intend to both, currently I have 3 green beans growing, I need 5 more to grow so I can set up the teepee trellis. So, for now, that’s on a pause, but I bought the arched trellis from Walmart. Initially, I was going to hand make the trellis with reinforced wire and iron posts, but after doing the numbers, the cost was too great and I still needed to get dirt and a garden bed liner. The Walmart trellis costed less than 200 hundred dollars, which had I done the original plan it’d be upwards of 500, So win-win. But not only was the price speaking to me, building it wasn’t difficult either.

I still need to get the garden bed liner so I can shape the space around it and of course add some flourishes, like a solar lantern for the center, weave some solar lights on the sides. I’m also, planning to place a patio set for 2 underneath the arch. I would love to sit underneath the arch and enjoy writing, sketching, eating a light lunch or just simply to sit peacefully with a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the tranquility. These big ideas means more money than the number I said above, but it’s my dream garden. I already have the seeds I want to plant, but I can’t wait to bring to life the picture I have in my head AND share it with you.

What do you think? Am I going overboard with my ideas? Should I just place a fountain at the end and leave the space open? Or should I build this tiny escape from the busy world around me ? Let me know what you think. I’ve also, provided the link to the arbor trellis as well.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Trellume-Garden-Arch-Trellis-69-L-71-W-87-H-Rust-Proof-Grape-Thickened-Steel-Pipe-Climbing-Plants-Outdoor-Tunnel-Cucumber-pumpkin-Squash-Melon/20056056032

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Good morning, beautiful readers, I hope everyone is having a great start to your day. I’m enjoying the fruits of my labor in back patio. The garden has truly awakened the wisteria has swung back hard from the aftermath of the wild “cold” weather here in Florida. I was really worried how they drooped and the leaves fell off, but now every day new leaves unfurl and limbs are beginning to split from the main shoot. Anyways, today, is all about rekindling one’s own energy, let’s brew about it!

So, what do I mean about rekindling energy? I’m talking about that core of your person that makes you want to wake up every day. That surge of desire to take the day by the horns because you got something in mind to accomplish. I don’t know about you but mine had kind of plummeted for quite some time. I ‘d have pockets of inspiration and excitement but its been a bit of a drag lately.

That’s why in this post, I wanted to talk about NOT forgetting that part of yourself, which as you can tell I kind of had. I love to write and other art related things, not that I’m not writing here, but I love to create stories. I enjoy adventure, horror and comedy and building worlds and I just haven’t really in years it seems. But this weekend I felt the urge calling to me every softly, as cheesy as the fuck that sounds.

But yes, your girl sat down for an hour and let the fingertips fly across the keyboard sitting out in my favorite sanctuary aka where the garden grows. I imagined a world that I wanted to revisit, a place I thought about even though I have many. It started from a clip I seen of Jordan Peele, saying simply write for yourself, write for the movie that you want to see that hasn[t been made, yet and worry about selling it later. I think this is loosely a quote as I cant find that clip anymore. But in essence I wanted to envision a story I haven’t read, yet. I’m not belittling the books I’ve read but I felt there was something missing, a story, I want to see or write.

And so, dear readers, I feel that that writing part of me is ready to come out and tackle it again, I’m not going to put the chains of “you have to write X amount of pages a day” on myself. If I write a paragraph today then great, if I write five pages over the weekend that’s great too. So, with that being said, if there is something that you used to enjoy doing, don’t let it be snuffed out by the day to day or the stress of a crisis that piles on your plate like a holiday dinner. GO BE YOU, and you may be tired and you may feel like you don’t have it in you, but you can DO it. Just the other day, I got off of work and I didn’t want to do a review video on Facebook, but in reality I really did deep down. So, I put on the big girl pants and got to work, and I’m glad I did.

So, I’m leaving you with this my friends, you can go one more mile even when you think you can’t. It’s in there, just one foot in front of the other, one breath after the other and you will be glad of it, that I believe one hundred percent. Go, get out there and get after it my spooky friends.

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Good evening readers, I hope everyone is enjoying June so far. I know I’ve been covering a lot of movies lately and it’s due to my physical health, my shoulder and neck have gotten me down from doing more active projects. But I’m on the mend, and yes I have an appointment set. Luckily, for you and me I am still able to explore virtually via movies and this time its Obsession, let’s brew about it!

Obsession has been taking the theaters by storm, in fact it’s so far beat any movies this year so far. What’s Obsession about? Well, if you’ve been living under a rock this year it’s about a guy that likes a girl. Okay, it sounds basic, but bear would drop anything if Nikki said to come hang out; and at the same time can’t seem to find the words to tell her he likes her, or according to him,”love” her. Well, before he went to hang out with her and some friends, he went to a metaphysical store. Originally, he had intended to get her a necklace but ended up getting a one wish willow stick. Keep up with me here, sounds lame, but the store cleric warned him he can’t get his money back if something weird happens.

Bear rolls with it and tosses it in the back of his car to hang out with Nikki and their two other friends. FINALLY, Bear gets the chance to take Nikki home, ALONE, but chokes, he can’t tell her he actually really likes her-likes her. So, he makes his wish that Nikki would love him more than ANYTHING in the world. I almost couldn’t believe it that after he broke the stick Nikki, didn’t want to leave his side.

NOW, here is where it gets weird, the first night, she tosses between anger, obsession and crying fits, Bear of course is alarmed. But Nikki explains it away that she was on drugs that night. But it becomes clear that she WANTS him and doesn’t want to be away from him at all. AND BEAR let’s it HAPPEN, this “relationship” barrels down a scary rickety road, where Nikki behavior swings from stage 3 stalker love to hate, almost as if the real Nikki is fighting this “love.”

How does bear break the spell he has placed, it takes him forever to call the number on the back of the box, and the answer is simple, in order for the spell to break he has to die dissipating the spell’s attachment. I felt for Bear at first but his own selfishness damns everyone around him until it is much too late to fix Nikki and their other friends.

Obsession is a rapid fire and dark movie, that really makes you think back to EVER making a wish ever again, especially when it comes to wishing it on others. But have you seen Obsession? What do you think of the movie? If you haven’t, don’t eat popcorn, IT WILL FLY from your lap.

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Good evening readers, I hope you got your lickies and chewies because tonight is another night in for me. I’ve been in a lot of pain lately and haven’t been able to get out and about as I’d like to. So, I’ve been catching up on movies, and Hokum, brought the terrors, let’s brew about it!

Now, much can’t be figured out in the trailers for this movie when I first seen them. Usually, you get an idea of what is going on but I wasn’t so sure, but it turned out to be a really jumpy ride of a movie. So, it’s about a famous writer played by Adam Scott, his character Ohm, is due to finish his third installment to his book series, but writer’s block is taking it’s toll on him. Feeling, the walls closing in Ohm, decides to take a trip to Ireland where his parents honeymooned to lay their ashes to rest and hopefully finish writing his book.

Now, the character Ohm, I had trouble with because, well, he’s a dick to just about everyone. I sensed there was some serious character growth needing to happen, upon arriving Ohm overhears a tale about a witch that tricks passerby’s chaining them to her and taking them to a dark and ominous abyss filled with terror and pain. Again, a witch is mentioned when Ohm, visits the bar, learning that the honeymoon suite is locked to all due to the owner trapping her there.

There’s so many easter eggs in this movie that I’d be here for a long time and eventually write the movie, so let’s full speed this, Ohm, tries to commit suicide, his character is filled with hate anger, and loathing of the human kind. Ohm, tries to come back to the hotel to thank and apologize the bartender, Fiona, played by Florence Ordesh, however, Fiona has been missing the night he tried to kill himself. Ohm, unsure how to help find Fiona stumbles upon a local homeless man, Jerry, whom, is a friend of Fiona’s, who has a plan to break in because he’s seen Fiona’s ghost and believes she’s in the honeymoon suite.

Ohm, reluctantly follows Jerry and ends up locked in the honeymoon suite by the owner’s son in-law. Fiona is ACTUALLY in the room and there is indeed a witch! As Ohm, tries to find a way out his own demons he’s locked up are unraveling and as the witch draws closer, hotel is in danger of burning Ohm alive.

This movie, has the old world charm of a dark fairy tale, a character lost in his own pain of the past and a reluctant road of redemption. I really enjoyed Hokum, it’s a shame it didn’t get a lot of hype. But have you seen Hokum? If you haven’t make sure you watch it in the dark, it’ll have you seeing things lurking in the dark.

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Good evening fellow readers, and those who follow on Facebook, Spooky Darlings! I come to you with one of my favorite classic horror villains, the mummy. Now, this can be confusing, which mummy movie am I referring to? The Brendon Frazier Mummy movie that’s coming, because THAT’S exciting in its own, but I’m talking about Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, let’s brew about it!

I remember seeing the trailer for this during Scream 7 and immediately felt the sense of dread and excitement, a child mummy. But I’m getting ahead of myself, the movie takes place in Egypt where a family of 4 soon to be five live. The father, Charlie Cannon, is a journalist is about to get reassigned back to the United States and while distracted with his job offer his daughter, Katie Cannon, is kidnapped! 8 years later, after being accused of killing his own daughter, Charlie, is called by the authorities in Egypt, Katie has been found, ALIVE. But the term alive, is made loosely, as she’s extremely malnourished, unable to vocalize, and goes into panic attacks from sudden movements. The doctors express that she should be better at home healing, but I kid you not IF my daughter looked as sickly as she did I would NOT travel with her until she was better.

However, the Cannon family take her back to their home in New Mexico, unknown to them how she was found or why she is the way she is. Soon, it becomes apparent something is EXTREMELY wrong with Katie and her dark influences start to take a toll on everyone under the roof. Charlie desperate for answers as to WHAT happened to his daughter is able to connect with a detective back in Eygpt who uncovers, a dark secret, a deeply religious group aims to contain a great terrible evil by incasing it in a first born child or person to keep it contained. In the end, with the help of the detective, Charlie and his wife, Natalie are able to defeat this monstrous adversary.

Now, a lot of people talk about plot holes, but I feel for the most part this movie covers its basis, I do wish there was more screen time of the professor who transcribed the inscription, which is an easter egg for Evil Dead there. But all and all it had me jumping and screaming, which I haven’t done in a LONG time. However, what do you think of the movie? Have you seen it? What’s your thoughts on the twist of a child mummy versus a grown adult?

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Good morning readers! I hope everyone is having a beautiful day. It’s been a busy month on my end I’ve been dying to create a garden space that feels like a secret getaway and I can get this going it’ll also, be a great place to film videos, especially for the upcoming Face Of Halloween Competition this year! Since the theme is about gardens, I wanted to share what treasures I found in the Garden Party box, let’s brew about it!

Each and everyone of these Birdmoss boxes comes with a story, and if you have writer’s block this subscription box is going to blow that block right off it’s hinges!! This month’s box had an Alice And Wonderland theme; one of my favorite stories and Disney animations. The journey began with a beautiful artwork on a cardstock that looked like an invitation to party, little candles to place in sweet treats or in teacups in which the candles’ flame will burn the color of the candle it is. A flower press to capture flowers in, dehydrated berry treats, a tarot card and magical tea with edible glitter! I also, love Shannon’s secret surprise for next month’s box, a water droplet crystal.

I really enjoyed Birdmoss delights this month, here’s Birdmoss’s website link, it also, has little treasures to enjoy that you don’t have to have a subscription for as well. https://birdmoss.com/

I hope you enjoyed reading about this new treasure trove. I can’t wait to get my own garden set up and share these wonderful items in my own garden party. I also, feel the urge to write a story, in which case it’s time for me to pivot. Please, check out Birdmoss, you won’t regret diving into a world that’s secret and alluring!

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Good evening Readers! I hope May is treating you well. I’ve been feeling that itch to travel to see or do something new. I always feel that way in spring through fall, not sure where it stems from, but I get the urge to explore. However, with an upcoming camping trip, I can’t really make big stretches at the moment. So, staying local I found a store that is HALLOWEEN YEAR ROUND!!! So let’s brew about it!

During one of my doom scrolls, on Facebook, I seen Big E’s store, and realizing how close by it was, I hoped right on over. Only 30 minutes outside of Plant City, Big E’s is nestled off the beaten path. Filled to the brim with high quality monster masks, action figures, and movie props. I was really interested in the Ghostbusters sign when I first seen a glimpse of Big E’s, but as I thought it would be, was sold. There was so much to be seen I felt my head spinning, there even comic books and apparel.

Obviously, I couldn’t buy ALL of things I had seen, but I did grab the original Halloween poster for 5 DOLLARS and a hard cover comic from Universal Monsters, Dracula, written by James Tynion IV and art done by Martin Simmonds. AND OH MY GOD, the cover caught my eye but as soon as I opened the comic, I was blown away by the movement of the panels and the style of the art; I had to have it. I was able to get a video of the inside of the store, which you can find on Facebook, look for Brewfeeds. It is an amazing place, come to find out they do 2 conventions a year and have a point system for free if you sign up, which I did. Here is their website: https://www.bigescollectibles.com

Now, after feasting with my eyes and hands, I definitely needed to grab something to eat. There is a pizza place I pass on my way back home and decided let’s keep the momentum on NEW and go to Esposito’s “Espo” Pizza, a little mom and pop place. It smelled delicious and had beautiful murals of Italy painted on the walls. The pizza by the slice was huge, the garlic knots soaked in a delicious garlic butter, and the price can’t be beat! It was definitely nice after a mini adventure to settle down with a quick bite to eat. I even, got a slice of Tiramisu, which was MASSIVE and mind blowing. It won’t be long before I make this a reoccurring thing for both of these amazing places.

If you live locally to Lakeland or Plant City it is a must see for both Big E’s and Espositos. If you have been, what are your thoughts? Let me know what you think!

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Good morning readers, I hope all is well! I’ve been dying for a new read, it’s been months and I needed to jump into another world! I even took to social media for help, but then, I remember when I went to BAM back in December I had taken photos of books I was interested in reading. Weird I know, but let’s brew about it!

I placed a hold on Libby for two of the books I had taken a picture of which are, Alchemised and The Knight and the Moth, now if you don’t know Libby and just incase you don’t it’s an app that you can use to read or listen to audiobooks if you have a library card. Now, Alchemised, is such a long wait I may end up buying it and quite honestly I loved the cover and the inside of the book so much I’d buy it purely on that.

But I got to read and listen to The Knight and the Moth written by Rachel Gillig. It is about a Diviner named, Six, who lives and works at a cathedral. She and five other Diviners give readings to anyone that comes to the cathedral, but in order to do that, they must, drown. Yes, literally drown to see the visions and give the readings.

It is a beautifully woven, story about 6 gods with 6 objects of power that protect the land from sprites(faeries of all kinds) and their objects when seen in a vision can either be seen as a good omen or a bad one. There are even living gargoyles that live in the cathedral, which I loved the idea immediately, I haven’t heard of living and moving gargoyles since the cartoon back in the day.

Anyways, Six, doesn’t remember the time before she was a Diviner, not even her own birth name.In fact none of the other girls do either, they have been living at the cathedral for almost ten years with their eyes covered in shrouds waiting for the moment that their tenure is up and venture out into the world. It is when the newly knight king comes that catapults the story.

Six, divines for the king and the lives as the diviners are forever changed, one by one the diviners that, Six, felt akin like sisters go missing and with the help of an unruly knight and gargoyle Six, goes on a mission across Traum to find them.

It ends on a cliffhanger, and the second book, The Knave and the Moon, doesn’t come out until September 1, 2026. I’ll put the author’s website here so you can check out her work. But have you read The Knight and the Moth? If you haven’t you should check it out. https://rachelgillig.com/

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