Cover Reveal for Dances with Werewolves

by Isabella Norse // May 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

Dances with Werewolves, the second full-length novel in my Kudzu Korners sweet paranormal romance series, releases on May 27, 2020. This book has been a long time coming and I couldn’t be more excited! I can’t wait for you to... Continue reading →

Outhouse Deliveries

by Isabella Norse // May 11, 2020 // 6 Comments

We’re all familiar with the terms “morning person” and “night person”. I’m definitely a night person and my husband is a morning person. (He denies it but that doesn’t change the fact that he is, LOL.) Night is when I’m... Continue reading →

A Farewell to Movie Theaters

by Isabella Norse // March 2, 2020 // 4 Comments

It’s official. I am done with movie theaters. In a world where almost every movie is available via streaming within a few months of its release (if not weeks) you would think theaters would be changing their business model in... Continue reading →

Commercial Logic

by Isabella Norse // December 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

I find television commercials annoying – and not just because they’re ten times louder than the show I’m watching although that doesn’t help. I get annoyed by the subtle and not-so-subtle messages they cram down our throats. Yes, I know... Continue reading →

Learning to Cook (Or, Apologies to My Children)

by Isabella Norse // October 7, 2019 // 2 Comments

I watch a lot of cooking/baking shows and many of the contestants (professional chefs and home bakers alike) talk about how they grew up cooking/baking with their mother and grandmother. I did not. Nevertheless, when I married and had children... Continue reading →

Guarding Saturday

by Isabella Norse // July 8, 2019 // 2 Comments

For many years I, like many of you, stayed busy. All. The. Time. I was a wife and mother with a full-time job who spent my Saturdays volunteering with an animal rescue group and Sundays were reserved for church. Eventually,... Continue reading →

Women Over (Insert Age) Shouldn’t…

by Isabella Norse // July 1, 2019 // 6 Comments

What’s the deal with all of the articles telling women what we should do/wear/own/think, etc. based on our age? I just don’t get it. I also don’t understand why I keep looking at the darn things. *facepalm* Someone please stop... Continue reading →

Fake It ‘Til You Make It

by Isabella Norse // March 4, 2019 // 12 Comments

Every time severe weather moves through this area, like it did today, I think back to my childhood when I was absolutely terrified of storms. Thunderstorms are just a part of life in the South. They can be especially severe... Continue reading →

Unapologetic Geek

by Isabella Norse // January 14, 2019 // 6 Comments

I admit it, I have a tendency to use the terms “geek” and “nerd” interchangeably but there is a difference. The simplest definition I have found is in this cartoon on Great White Snark. Based on this definition, I am... Continue reading →

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

by Isabella Norse // December 10, 2018 // 2 Comments

Yes, we are now in the thick of the holiday season and Christmas is my favorite holiday but that’s not what this post is about. Here in the deep South, we don’t experience four seasons like a lot of y’all... Continue reading →