About Eva Cassidy

Eva Cassidy was an American singer and guitarist, known for interpretations of Jazz, Folk, and Blues music. Her music has charted within the top ten in Australia, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

On November 2nd, 1996, Eva sadly passed away from cancer at only 33 year]]s old. She had Melanoma in her shoulder and lungs.

 

Eva grew up with her siblings, Annette, Margret, and Dan, in Bowie Maryland. The Cassidy family was very musical. From an early age, Eva could master harmonies, and first learned to play the harp, but later went on to learn the acoustic guitar.

In high school, Eva performed in a band alongside her brother called “Stonehenge”, she also performed solo in bars.

Eva had made one album, but it never got published until after she passed away, making her posthumously, which is basically just what you get called if something you made was published after your death.

 

Eva’s full name is Eva Marie Cassidy, and she was born February 2nd, 1963, in Washington D.C U.S. Cassidy’s top 5 most popular songs are, “You Take my Breath Away”, “Kathy’s song”, “Songbird”, “What a Wonderful World”, and “Wade in the Water”. Her album was released in 2012, on October 26th, 16 years after she had passes away. For her last performance before she passed away, she sung “What a Wonderful World

 

 

The guest list- Lucy Foley

The guest list is a book about an elite wedding in a very remote setting. An island off the west coast of Ireland with a tragic history and an old castle referred to as The Folly. The bride, Jules Keegan, has a successful magazine start-up and the upscale image to go with it. She is getting married to will, a wealthy and very known person. He has a show so he is quite famous.

“The Guest List” is a psychological thriller, with the theme being a wedding and the days leading up to it. It’s known as “the island of ghosts.” The island home has been deserted since the ’90s, until the wedding planner, Aoife, restores it.

It is written by Lucy Foley and was published the 20th of February, 2020.

I have read about a little bit less than half the book and so far it has been pretty good. Its very confusing at times and mysterious, it’s all ways keeping on edge. It keeps you wondering because just when your about to figure something out, something else happens to distract you from finding out out. Sometimes it’s frustrating but that’s how the book keeps you hooked.

This book is about secrets, lies, betrayal, murder, family, and marriage. It’s slower paced than I’m used to, but the plot builds nicely as the story progresses.

Lucy Foley has published 5 other books, “The Book of Lost and Found”, “The Invitation”, “Last  Letter from Istanbul”, “The Hunting Party”, and “The Paris Apartment”. I really like the guest  list so I think I would like some of her other books so I will definitely be checking those out!

so far, I rate this book a 7.5/10

The Guest List: A Novel : Foley, Lucy: Amazon.ca: Books

 

here’s a link about Lucy Foley if you want to learn about her

 

 

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Summer Vs Winter

Summer is better than winter for the simple fact that you can spend more time outdoors. … Take advantage of the warm summer months to get fresh air, whether that means eating dinner outside, going for a walk, or going to the beach.

Yes, I’m saying summer is better than winter, and I have  the points to prove it (beyond just the fact that summer isn’t cold). Summer gets people outside, and with the amount of time we spend at our desks or on our couch, that’s something we all could use more of in our lives. Maybe we can credit the weather, but I think it’s so much more than that. There’s a sort of magic associated with summer that you simply cannot deny.  there is always something to do during these amazing months.

Since you’ll be spending more time outside during summer, then you’re going to get more vitamin D than you would during winter. This is great, because a majority of us are deficient in vitamin D, which is an important vitamin that supports everything from your body’s ability to absorb calcium, to muscle movement, to your immune system. While you can get vitamin D from food or supplements, the sun is a main source of it!

While we love winter produce too, so many amazing fruits are in season during summer, and they are all so refreshing to eat. From cherries to peaches to watermelon, there isn’t shortage of juicy fruit to shop when those warm months roll around. They’re really like summer’s candy, and we just can’t get enough. And i mean, of course you can get these during the winter month as well but in the summer there fresh so there much better.

 

It’s pretty depressing when it gets dark as early as 4:30 PM during the dead of winter, don’t you think? It makes you want to just hang out inside, especially when the darkness is accompanied by the cold. during summer you don’t have to worry about any of that, because it stays light much, much later into the day.

 

In my opinion, summer is way better than winter simply just because summer is so up going and happy. You get to do so many more things. In winter, its just cold and depressing so you want to stay inside all day and do nothing.

My week

Monday- Monday was pretty boring. We don’t really do much. I woke up, went to school, then came home. When I got home I kind of just slumped around for a bit. After a while, I decided to finish my owl presentation and then I worked on my science and essay planner for a bit. After that I just watched a movie, read, and facetimed a few friends so it was a pretty chill, slow day.

Tuesday:  Tuesday was pretty similar to Monday, Owl, Science, read. pretty much the same things. And again, I facetimed a few more friends. On Tuesday I was hurrying to put the finishing details on my owl presentation because I was unsure if I was going to have to present Wednesday or Thursday.

Wednesday: On Wednesday I finished my Math at school so I didn’t have to worry about it once i got home. I ended up not  presenting on Wednesday but that just made me a little bit more nervous because I wanted to just get it  done and over with so Wednesday night I went over my presentation again to make sure I had no spelling corrections, or out of place slides. After that I facetimed my friends again and did some of my science presentation while I talked to them. After that, I had supper then facetimed them back. And before I went to bed I read a little bit.

Thursday: I presented on Thursday and I think I did okay. I was a little bit nervous because one of my videos on the presentation didn’t  play but I luckily had it on my phone so I could still show my progress. After that I went home and read then facetimed my friends again and finished my science. I had supper then just hung out with my brother for a bit then went to bed

Friday: Today is Friday, and I have the science presentation today and I am really scared because I have no idea how to even stat the presentation. I think In will do alright but I hate presenting. I’m mostly worried I am not going to have the right stuff  on my slides or i wont have enough information. Other than that, I’m just going to go home and talk to friends.

So I think this week has been aright, definitely nerve wracking because of all of the  presentations I have had this week but it was still a good week.

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Get to know me

For my blog today I am going to do a “get to know me”. I have done this in the past but I think some things have changed so I decided to to one this year as well.

this is from my blog last year about the things that haven’t changed about me from a previous one. Everything on there is the same except for the oncologist one. I still want to be it but not as much as I used to. And as for university, I still want to go but by the time I  get there I am going to have to find the motivation again. I’m not quite sure want I would want to be if I decided not to be an oncologist but I think I have an idea.

 

In my other blog post, I stated that my favorite genre of music was country, however, since then that has changed. I only like certain country songs. I don’t actually know what genre I  do like because I listen to a bit of everything, except for country of course. I don’t even know why I dis like it now. I guess it just got boring and old. I feel like the country songs just get worse as time goes on . The old ones are better and more original. I also put that I love horror movies and that hasn’t changed at all! In fact, I think I have grown to like them better. Apart from the fat that they are scary, I find it really fun to watch them with a big group of friends or family.

 

I put that i like going up to the cabin in my other post, I still enjoy it all though T haven’t been up there in almost a year now because of how busy we have been but in all honesty, I would much rather just stay in my bed all day on my phone. I know that’s not very healthy but because of how busy the past 2 years have been I am drained by the end of the day and just want to do nothing but go on my phone and relax.

Nothing else from the blog has really changed. I did noticed that i had put sage, champagne , and deep green as my favorite colour and that has not changed but I also like light blues as well now

here is a link to the blog where I was comparing to- ABOUT ME

I also went back into some of my older blogs and found one i made about some goals i have in life and most of them ar the same so you can check that out to if you would like-  GOALS

 

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My top 5

For todays blog, I decided to write about my top 5 favorite things/ things I just like.

 

  1. Reading with candles                                                                                                                                                                                                     I don’t know why, but turning of all the lights in my room of and lighting candles to read with the window open just calms me. It remind me of all the movies when the main character turn on candles and just read all night, I have seen so  many movies like this and it just gives of a chill vibe. I’ve seen it mostly in chick-flicks Christmas movies, Sometimes Halloween movies but when ever they do relax it never ends up well so I guess it doesn’t really count. I love reading in general so the just makes it 100 times better                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1,807 Reading By Candle Light Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty-Free Images  - iStock
  2. Reading while thunderstorms                                                                                                                                                                                        I think that its just really calming to listen to the thunder and the sound of the rain pouring and hitting the ground. So, whenever its raining outside during the day I take my chance to open my window and turn of my light, burn a candle and read. Sometimes while its raining I will even jut sit there or watch a movie in the background because the sound of rain is just so calming so me, It kind of makes you feel like the main character In your own story.                                                                                      Reading by the window shared by 🌹 Maya 🌹 on We Heart It
  3. waking up to rain                                                                                                                                                                                                             I just love waking up in the morning to hear just rain and they smell of break feast being made. It just gives me so much nostalgia.
  4. Watching horror movies                                                                                                                                                                                              I love just getting with a big group of friends and watching horror movies. Its just really fun. It might be scary in a dark room but that’s what makes it exciting because the whole group will be laughing, or screaming and its just a fun time for everyone . I also love horror movies alone so watching them with friends is even better. I know that I have some plans already with a few friends  to  get together and have a horror movie marathon so that will be fun.                                                                                                            Group of Friends Watching Horror Movie at Home by Alona2018 | VideoHive
  5.     Traveling                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I love travelling, In my opinion road trips are better, yes. sitting in a car for a long time with your siblings isn’t really the ideal road trip but in a car you get to stop at cool little places and town on your way to your destination while on a plane all you see is sky. I love travelling because of how fun it is and all the memories you make on the way.                                                                            What To Do When You Have a Dental Emergency While Travelling                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Go check out Eternity’s blog!                                                                                                                                                                                       WORDS: 420

nose peircings

Recently,  I got my nose pierced. I have to wait 3-4 months before I am allowed to take it out and switch the piercing though. so, when I can take it out and put in a different one, I want to know what I am  going to put in so for my blog today I am  going to rate nose piercings I found on google and Pinterest. I couldn’t really find many because there wasn’t a very big veriety but i’m sure I could find more if i dug a little deeper

 

Nose Jewelry, Tiny Nose Studs, Gold Nose Ring Hoop – Tagged "Gauge Size_20G"– MyBodiArt

This is basically what I have in right now and I like it but I think that its very basic and I would get bored of it easy so I think it would be nice switch it up .Obviously, if I need to put in something really plain if I have a busy outfit this would always be a “go to” but I would like to experiment with other kinds once in a while.

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3pt Diamond Nose Stud with 2mm Diamond – BMG Body Jewellery

I think this one is nice. its simple though, and like I said, I want to try different things. I  think its nice though. Its flat so it would not get in the way of things because I know that right now I have to be careful taking my mask off because sometimes it gets snagged and hurts a lot after. I don’t really like the gold rim around it though. I would much rather prefer the rim be silver.

 

3.

Tiny Silver Nose Ring hoop - 24 gauge snug Nose Hoop thin nose Piercings hoops - nose piercing rings : Amazon.ca: Handmade Products

nose rings are nice but I just feel like it would not suit me. I might consider it in the future but I don’t know. I feel like it would get caught a lot. I would be scared for my finger to get suck in it and I think it would hurt to put in because you have to turn it a lot Personally, I think I would just stick to studs.

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Fashion Small Thin 2 Sparkly Crystals Flower Gem Charm Diamond Nose Silver Hoop Stud Ring Jewelry | Nose piercing hoop, Nose piercing jewelry, Nose rings hoop

I think this type of nose ring looks really pretty, but then again, I don’t know if I would wear a nose ring.

5.

Flower Nose Stud Set with Multi-Colored Crystals in Sterling Silver | Banter

I know a lot of people who have flower ones but I  don’t think I would like one. It just Looks to chunky for me. I don’t really like the flowers either.

 

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Crystals

recently, I have been getting into crystals like rose quarts and stuff like that. For my blog today im going to talk about crystals and there “uses”.

im going to be writing about four of my choice. Rose quarts, green adventurine, citrine,  and chalcedony.

rose quarts:  Rose quarts is a pink form of quarts, Its also known as Hyaline quarts. The meaning of rose quarts are, love, compasion, harmony, amd peace. Its healing properties are loving energy, abundance, and joy. The rose quarts physical healing properties can help prevent thrombosis and heart attacks. It can improve the circulatory system, and ensure that your heart muscles are as smooth and strong as possible. Its also said that it can help mothers whom are pregnant and it protects the mother an unborn child by making sure there are no problems with the pregnacy. Rose quarts also heal those who have tramua. Now, this might sound silly, but yes. some of these things are true. Im not sure if they all are but you never know i just thought this was neat.

Rough Rose Quartz by Ashland® | Michaels

( Green) Adventurine:  Aventurine is a silicon dioxide mineral and a member of the Quartz family. The meaning of  adventurine are luck, healing, and, imaginantion. Its healing properties are good luck amd abundance. The green adventurines physical healing propertys will help lower your blood presure, regulate the thymus gland, and lend a hand when it comes to gifting a new lease of life energy. Aventurine also helps in all things linked to circulation and boosted well-being. Aventurine brings abundance by tilting your mind into occupying a more positive space. It’s a stone that brings about decisive action, strong leadership qualities, and encourages you to keep on going no matter what obstacles seem to stand in the way.

Green Aventurine Tumbled Crystal

 

Citrine: citrine is a glassy yellow varaiey of quarts. The meaning of citrine is confidence, happiness, and strenght. Its healing properties are Happiness, Prosperity, Generosity, Creativity, Protection, Strength, Alignment, Confidence, Stability, Moderation, Energy, Comfort, Success ,Truth, Goodness, Warmth, Digestion , Assimilation, Enjoyment of life ,Spiritual growth. Citrine attracts wealth, prosperity and success.  It imparts joy, wonder, delight and enthusiasm.  Raises self-esteem and self-confidence.  Stimulates the brain, strengthening the intellect.  Citrine promotes motivation, activates creativity and encourages self-expression.  Enhances concentration and revitalises the mind.  It releases negative traits, depression, fears and phobias.  Emotionally balancing.

Citrine Healing Properties | Citrine Meaning | Benefits Of Citrine | Metaphysical Properties Of Citrine | Charms Of Light - Healing

chalcedony: Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite. Chalcedonys meaning are stability, harmony, and dreams. Chalcedony is a nurturing stone that promotes brotherhood and good will. It absorbs negative energy. It brings the mind, body, emotions and spirit into harmony. Chalcedony instills feelings of benevolence and generosity. It alleviates hostility and transforms melancholy into joy. Chalcdony Heals the eyes, gallbladder, bones, spleen, blood and circulatory system. This one is one of my favorites just because of how gorgeous it is.

Blue Chalcedony Tumbled Stones | Healing Stones | Polished Stones

if you want to learn a little bit more about them, follow this link

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End Of Year Blog

hi, my name is Kaelynn. I am in grade 7. I like to play guitar, read, shop, and well, anything that doesnt take alot of effort. like eating and sleeping. I am going into grade 8 next year. Im not really nervous though. I think i have it covered. This year was not easy but know that i have the hang of it, ithink next year will be much easier. The only thing im not lookinh forward to is O.W.L. I hate presenting, espessically in front of a whole class. When ever i present, i feel sick and i start to panic. fun right?! so, yeah. That is the only thing im not excited for.

Some challenges i faced this year as a new grade 7 student were organization, social, science, ETC. Some times my desk would get really messy and scattered, as well as my binder, and it would make me super overwhelmed. I was really nad at keeping things organized. I struggled in social a little because when we would do our test, i would just black and forget everything, no matter how much i studied so i would end up getting a bad mark. The same goes for science. Another thing i struggled with in science was labs. I was new to those because we had never done them in grade 6 so when we began them i was a little clueless, but im getting better. It was also a pretty hard and stressful year because of all of the changes with all the covid protocols and stuff that made class more difficult then it had to be.

I think that the only possible challenges for next year will be covid. I am really tired of everything honestly so another year of protocals is just going to make it worse. Other than that, i think the only other challenge will be that some of the grade 8 math might be a little bit harder than the math we had this year, but i think that if i catch onto it,everything will be just fine.

I think i have learnt quite alot this year. I learnt new things in math, I learnt about Geece, And Egypt, ETC.  and I learnt quite alot in science. I also have learnt alot from owl presentations ive done. I learnt things like playing guitar, drawing, photography, and a bunch of other neat thing. although i dislike O.W.L, i still thought it was fun to learn new thing despite my hatred for it!

I hope next year will be better than this one. Not that it was bad, it just wasnt the best. bye!

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Harry Potter Facts

Just like any other movie or film, The Harry Potter movies definitely have some interesting fact and secrets behind the camera. Whether are about the cast, the actors, or secrets just about the movie in general, so let us begin with some facts and secrets of Harry Potter!

 

#1. As you know, Harry Potter and Voldemort are well known enemies. But what J.K Rowling did not tell you is that Harry and Voldemort are actually related. She revealed that they are related through the Peverell’s, the guys who inspired “The Tale of Three Brothers”. It can be traced back far enough to see that Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort are in fact, related.

#2. In the first book/movie, Harry found out he is able to speak parseltongue, the language of snakes. After the battle of Hogwarts, and after Harry killed Voldemort, Harry actually lost his ability to speak parseltongue. J.K Rowling said that since Harry is no longer a horcrux, he lost his ability to speak to and understand snakes.

 

#3. During the making of the Harry Potter movies, Daniel Radcliff would have his name splashed across every tabloid if he had acted to adult like, (a tabloid is a newspaper half the size of a normal one. Normally for headlines, photographs, and sensational quotes). The producer thought it was a big deal since he was the main character and was supposed to act like a child. This pressured him to come on set after too much drinking.

#4. The actor who played Crabbe, Draco Malfoys friend, was arrested for illegal substances. Because of this, the producer replaced his character with a new actor who played Blaise Zabini.

#5. Before recording, Tom Felton, the actor who plays Draco Malfoy, would sneak apples onto set in his robe pockets and eat them during his scenes. They prod7ucers kept these parts in because he thought it was funny, creative, and added nice touches.

#6. In the scene where Hermione, Ron, and Harry drank Polyjuice potion to go undercover as Crabbe, goyle, and pansy to get secrets out of Draco, Tom Felton (Draco), forgot his lines and said, ‘I didn’t know you could read” as a filler for his forgotten line. Instead of redoing this scene the producers kept it in because they loved it and thought it was so funny and original.

 

#7. In the movie “Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban”, there was a scene where Hermione threatened Draco with her wand. In the script, she was supposed to “punch” him, when they were filming, she ACUALLY punched him, on accident of course. The producer decided to keep it in because it was priceless, and looked really real (because well, it was), but it was over all a really good touch, well for the movie at least, it probably was not at all the best for Tom.

 

That is all for my Harry Potter facts!

 

-Kaelynn

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