Secrets

We all have secrets we keep; secrets that are tame to outright ‘oh my gosh I hope no one ever finds out about that’.  Secrets reside in the darkest parts of our mind.  We guard them, holding onto them so tightly that sometimes one never knows we have them.  They are under lock and key, and it is only a select few that ever get to see some of those secrets.  We only share those innermost secrets with someone we trust.

I wonder what would happen though if people knew your secrets?  I only wondered this today after watching a bit of The Mentalist where LaRoche has a secret hidden in his safe inside of a tupperware container.  No one is supposed to know about this secret he keeps, and when the container is stolen, he thinks Patrick Jane knows what’s inside.  This secret could ruin LaRoche supposedly.

It made me wonder what would happen if someone found out a secret I keep.  Would it destroy me?  I suppose it all depends on the secrets we keep.  There are things we keep secret for the sake of a surprise, I.E. a present.  Those are innocuous.  They won’t hurt anyone.  Sure, it might take the oomph out of the surprise if they are found out, but it’s nothing that will do damage.

However, we all keep secrets that could hurt either us in the long run, or someone else.  And if all our secrets were found out, what then?  Because, we would all be on even ground, so to speak.

There is a chapter of The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen, where all the women at the society meeting start spitting out their secrets.  They can’t keep them in.  And the secrets are shocking, and hurtful.  They are about themselves or about others.  It does damage.

This is just a thought I had today.  Nothing in particular other than, what would happen if someone found out your secrets.  Would you be destroyed?

Food for thought.

Signing off

~Kate

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Boston – A Moment of Silence

Boston skyline looking west with Boston Harbor in the foreground

It’s Monday, at 2:49pm in Boston, Massachusetts.  One week ago our country changed again.  It was the first terrorist attack on our soil since 9/11.  Still in shock, we wait to hear what will happen to the surviving terrorist. We wait for answers. We wait for loved ones to heal.

I ask all of my readers, near and far to take a moment in silence and prayer for the survivors and families of the bombings.  I can’t convey in words or thoughts my views on this, nor do I feel it necessary.  But I do think it important to remember those we lost, those we still have, and those who will need us to lean on.

If you can, find something to help with the healing. Whatever it is you can do, do it.  This week I am going to be donating blood with the Red Cross.  While my little donation is nothing in the scope of things, every little bit we do, helps.

Again, a moment of silence to remember those we lost.  Krystle Campbell, Lü Lingzi, Martin Richard, and Sean Collier.  I also ask you to remember the other 183 civilians who were injured.

Thank you.

Signing off

~Kate

The Beards Have The Floor

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Hello, gorgeous.  Yes, you. You there with the trim beard.  You are looking fine today. I’m not sure anyone else noticed this, but if you are a woman who enjoys a good looking man, then the Oscars was the place … Continue reading →

The Zing of Being Twitter Followed by The Enemies

One thing I’ve found in the blogging, Tweeting, Tumblr-ing world is how very unimportant I am.  My thoughst are very small indeed. I am a nobody. I actually don’t mind it much. I know I don’t blog often enough to hold anyone’s attention.  My tweets are limited to blog updates and a very rare comment here or there.  I think I’m on Tumblr more than anything, having found that it can be addicting to stumble upon Tumblr…..

So, I found it quite surprising and exciting to find out one day that my Twitter weas being followed by Cluadia Cowan from FOX News.  I’ve known about her from California news ( I am a native) since I was younger, and I’ve watched her slowly work her way up in the reporting world.  To be followed by someone I deem important is a very cool thing for me.

But by far, the most exciting has been the recent follow on Twitter of the band The Enemies.  The Enemies is an up and coming Irish band.  Now, I don’t know much about them, but the reason for this said follow, I assume, is due to some random gushing remarks I made to the band about following them due to liking one of their band members.  The member of the band is the very handsome and devilish Colin O’Donoghue who is probably best known as Killian Jones a.k.a. Captain Hook on ABC’s Once Upon A Time.  And Boom!  There was the band following me.  A couple days later, the Guitarist/Saxophonist and Song writer, Johnny Crean was following me as well.  An actual member of the band.  Following me!

The Enemies. (psst. Johnny Crean is on the far left)

Little ole me.  Me who has a whopping 85 followers on Kate’s Bookshelf (twitter has around 600 or so, but most are not worth being followed by.  Don’t get me wrong, I love all you guys. I love that I have had some great conversations with you fellow bloggers. I love discussing writing, so getting to know some of  you has been great.  But nothing is quite like the Zing! of having someone ‘famous’ follow you.  Bands usually don’t follow us normal people.  News people don’t have time to follow us normal people.

So I feel very special indeed.  I may not be anyone important, but I have a band following me.  I have a band member following me.  Can you tell that the news reporter wasn’t thrilling me quite as much?  Ha ha.  Well, I urge you all to check out The Enemies.  I haven’t had a chance to listen to all their music, but from what I’ve heard, they sound great.  And also, tune into Once Upon A Time, Sunday nights on ABC. If just for the fun of seeing a very gorgeous Captain Hook.

You can also follow me on Twitter.

Katie Lyn Branson @KatieLynBranson

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The Many Versions of Captain Hook

It seems to me that I have seen a fair amount of Peter Pan and Captain Hook inspired stories. For me, the classic Hook is the Disney version. Silly, ridiculous and a total nut, he isn’t super scary and is my most favorite Disney villain. I adore Captain Hook.

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Dustin Hoffman‘s portrayal was next as far as hilarious. You can’t really view him as a horrible villain especially when he loses his hat and wig and you realize he’s bald.   He’s so insanely afraid of clocks, he goes completely mad in his clock museum.  Yes, he’s far from scary.

Then we come to Jason Isaac’s portrayal. He was ruthless and kind of scary.  Taking the role of Mr. Darling, then as Hook, he captures some of the fear we feel towards our father’s at points.  Fear and respect, but I found him to be deadly.  And very villan-ish.

More recently there was was Rhys Ifans‘ playing the dreaded Captain, but in a new way. The Neverland mini series gave a slightly sexier side to the Captain, who first starts out as a fencing teacher, and a bit of a gentleman thief on the streets of London.  This has actually been one of my more favorite versions, partly because he was kind of so good looking.

Finally I saved the best for last.  Like I’ve said, I’ve seen a fair amount of Captain Hook portrayals, but none are quite so sexy, quite so deliciously evil (with a good side), quite so wow factor than the marvelous, gorgeous, sexy and all around perfect Captain Hook as Colin O’Donoghue‘s Killian Jones. ABC’s Once Upon A Time has taken and flipped every fairytale we know, but none quite so good as this version of Captain Hook.  He’s sexy, (did I mention that?) he’s charming like you wouldn’t believe, and he’s really not quite as bad as he could be.  Sure he tried to take a heart or two. Sure he’s working with the evil Cora. And sure, you can’t really quite trust him, but, he did tell Emma he wouldn’t have left her on the beanstalk.  That speaks for something doesn’t it?  And he didn’t kill her when he had the opportunity to when they were all trying to go through the portal.  Come on, if he likes Emma, he can’t be all bad.  Besides, he’s so gorgeous, you can’t make him truly evil.  Gorgeous people are not evil.

I could post pictures, and videos, and love sonnets to the new Captain Hook, but then I might look a bit like a stalker.  And pardon the raving.  Colin O’Donoghue and his Killian Jones character, are now the model for one of my hero’s that I’ve been writing about for 7 years.  I’ve never found anyone that fit the bill for my character of Rafe Simon, which after some retrospect I feel is not a worthy enough name for someone as gorgeous as Colin O’Donoghue, and now I have.  I will be posting soon on Escaping the Inkwell, about my characters, so more lovely pictures to drool over will be included.

Now, I’m curious, what other versions of Captain Hook do you enjoy?  Would you believe I have never read the original Peter Pan, so I don’t even really know what Captain Hook is like, except for what I’ve seen.  I’m horribly biased I think.

Well, I’d love to know anyone else’s thoughts on this villain, and Killian Jones…..

Signing off

Kate

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