Katrina Thornley
Bio
Rhode Island based author and poetess with a love for nature and the written word. Works currently available include Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature, Arcadians: Wooden Mystics, 26 Brentwood Avenue & Other Tales, and Kings of Millburrow.
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John and Jane... and Social Media
Let's visit John and Jane again in their humble apartment. The two have been dating for four years and living together for one. They have known each other for a long amount of time, going to the same high school. Their relationship has been through its ups and downs and is currently in the slumps. They find that they're bored, not with each other, but with life in general. They come home and do the same things, watch the same movies, TV shows, and flit around a routine that was set months ago.
By Katrina Thornley7 years ago in Humans
Millennials: Work, Education, and Pop Culture
Millennials are looked at with scorn by older generations and presented as lazy and entitled by pop culture. Often they are poked fun at in sitcoms, with their more relaxed views of the world and their political opinions. They are shown preaching peace and acceptance while forgetting deadlines and tasks. After the recent election, their very emotional responses were met with outrage (in some cases very rightfully so as classes were cancelled and college exams rescheduled).
By Katrina Thornley7 years ago in Journal
The Hermit Cave
This past Saturday I went on a hike; not alone, but with my family (my parents and my sister Keara, who just started the 2nd grade). We drove an hour to get to the location, though we live in the middle of the largest wildlife management area in Rhode Island. Our drive found us in Connecticut, traveling through historic Thompson, a town I automatically fell in love with. The large houses with their thick columns and rolling lawns of green grass instantly captured my heart. It’s a town I hope to visit again one day and explore. It was a gorgeous day, with a light wind and a shining sun (no wonder we witnessed a wedding party walking into their reception).
By Katrina Thornley7 years ago in Wander
19 Years Later...
J.K. Rowling has managed to create her own army of wizards. The series that she first began publishing in 1997 (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) has earned a huge following. The author herself has over 12 million followers on twitter and continues the series discussion throughout the years revealing secrets during her time writing them. She continues to engage fans in the world that she created, a world that absorbed the imaginations of millions. The novels can be seen in high schools (and elementary schools) around the world. They sit snugly in bookcases, in backpacks, and on beside tables. Movies are played on TV while families gather and enjoy the magic together (the movies earning $7.7 billion in total). A world has been created based upon the magic that stemmed from the imagination of one individual: an amazing task to be accomplished in the literary world. Harry Potter World opened to thousands of excited fans who wanted to get a chance to enjoy the wizarding world they grew up reading about. They wanted to experience Diagon Alley and Platform 9 3/4; introverts and extroverts alike came together in a giant social setting to engage about a literary phenomenon. Twenty years after the first novel was published (ten years after the final, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) people are still bonding over the series. Toys and models are still being sold in stores depicting the famous characters with their lightning bolt scars, ginger hair, and intelligent stare. These novels have brought people together in a world that appears to constantly be drawing them apart. The author herself has added to this drawing together by continuing conversations and remaining down to earth in her public appearances.
By Katrina Thornley7 years ago in Geeks
Growth
I grew up in a small town, down the road from a brook, and a few miles from an abandoned farm. It is a place with its beauties, its quirks, and its little secrets. There are trees that appear to grow into the clouds, rivers that sing lullabies as you pass, and stories of vampires that run rampant in school hallways and around campsites at night. Like I said, beauties and quirks.
By Katrina Thornley7 years ago in Humans