Personal Media Consumption

News Media:

• Weather: Ryan Hall Y’all
• World News: The Corbett Report
• Economic News: Gregory Mannarino’s Newsletter
  
• Pop Culture News*:
  • Legal Drama: Blake Lively / Justin Baldoni: Lively v Wayfarer <– Thankfully this is over (mostly).
  • Legal Case: Jones v Abel <– this is closely tied to the Lively v Wayfarer case.
    
• Social Media Channels** that covered the Lively/Baldoni case which I enjoyed: Popcorned Planet, Kjersti Flaa, Little Girl Attorney, Not Actually Golden, ELSRICH, Kassidy O’Connell, The Court of Random Opinion, Leanne Newton, Daily Dose of Dana, and Katy in KC.

* I’m not interested in celebrity gossip. I’m simply a fan of truth & justice (& mercy whenever mercy is due).
** I don’t necessarily watch all of these channels now, but I came to enjoy these people and what they had to share on the Lively/Baldoni case when it was active.

Personal Interests:

• Correspondence: The HEARTSPOKEN Note by Elizabeth Cottrell
  • Facebook Group
• Lettering/Calligraphy: The Happy Ever Crafter a.k.a. Becca Rafter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube channel
• Creative Writing: Make Your Story Matter by Abbie Emmons
  • YouTube channel
• Watercolor Painting: Cozy Lark by Andrea Nelson
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube channel
• Virtually Attended (June 1-5, 2026): Workshop Week

Online Entertainment:

• GenX Comedians:
  • Sherri Dindal (The Real Slim Sherri)
  • The Holderness Family
  • Charles McBee
• Vocal Artists:
  • Sydnie Christmas
  • Oliver Anthony Music
  • Jesse Welles (Welles Music)

• Podcasts I Regularly Watch:
  • Jill Winger – Old Fashioned on Purpose
• Recently Watched Streaming Video:
  • The Bear, Season 5 (on Hulu/Disney+) <– I thought this was way better than the past two seasons. Loved it.

Offline Entertainment:

• Recently Watched Films:
  • Hamnet (at the local library) <– Massive tear-jerker. Loved the stage theater aspect to it.
  • Hamilton (at the local library) <– Loved it.
  • The Florida Project (on DVD from the local library)

• Recently Read Books:
  • Fair Warning by Michael Connelly <– I found this fascinating.
  • The Waiting by Michael Connelly
  • The Red Book by James Patterson & David Ellis
  • Cross Justice by James Patterson
  • I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda with Liz Welch <– HIGHLY recommend

[This page was last updated on 8/1/26.]