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Just Weird - New Video Series

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Just Weird Entertaining snippets from Sims Let's Play. These snippets are replacing the longer Sims Stories that I am no longer producing. Enjoy! Doc McQuackson Basement Vet Clinic - Sims 4      Doc McQuackson Basement Lair - Sims 4 Want to see more zany vids, click the Just Weird or Shorts keyword below.

New Video Series - MOMENT OF ZEN

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 Meditation Series The last five years in the United States of America has been chaotic, filled with division, vitriol, hate, and violence. Then 2020 ushered in a global pandemic that the world has not experienced in a century. Added to the pain, suffering, angst, anxiety, depression, financial loss, and despair of the pandemic came additional heart ache and grief as we lost some great icons in sports , politics , and Hollywood .  As we all tried to gather ourselves and make sense of the world, America experienced the second I Can't Breathe moment which pushed the Black Lives Matter movement global. People set aside personal safety and marched for weeks in cities, suburbs, towns, and hamlets all across America and the world.  As 2020 wrapped up, America's COVID-19 infections continued to sky rocket, with this nation having the most cases in the world and officially over 336,802 people died. Unofficially that number is much higher. By March 2021 the official tally of deaths

RENEE READS: Who Has Seen the Wind?

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 Poem Today I am reading the poem Who Has Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti . I was so captivated by this poem that I started singing it. So as a treat, after I read the poem you will hear me sing it acapella. No shade now, I just learned the poem on June 6, 2021 and created the melody on the spot, did a few takes and then recorded the video. Who Has Seen the Wind? Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you. But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I. But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by. Poetry should move you, take you on a journey. Me, I love weather, soft breezes, the roaring winds of a thunderstorm. It all captivates me. I hope you enjoy this poem. Tweet along with me:  Tweet #ReneeReads

New Video Series - RENEE READS

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 Renee Reads Starting a new video series where I will be reading various types of literature. Starting the series reading a poem titled Treasures   by Margaret Voitek. Published & Unpublished Works I plan to read works written by published and unpublished authors. Stay tuned, as you never know what Renee may read. Tweet along with me Tweet #ReneeReads

Sims Stories are Ending

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 Hi Everyone, In 2020 I started writing and recording five Sims Stories. I released two of them: The Adventures of Kylie and Magnus  and Off the Grid Bubs .  With the saturation of Sims related content on YouTube and not factoring high, heck at all, in the YouTube algorithm, no one was seeing, and thus able to watch my videos. It takes a long time to create the videos. So like with any network, cable, or streaming show low views equals cancelled.  Ending Sims Stories However, in this instance it really wasn't because the shows weren't good, it is because my channel is new and YouTube is not displaying my content to viewers. I have tried numerous search keywords and none of them results in my videos displaying in search results. Thus both shows will end after season 1 without a resolution. I actually stopped playing them altogether due to low viewership and bugs in the game. Stress Relief I started making these videos as a way to reduce stress, well I play the game to reduce str

Working on New Material

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 Projects in the Pipeline I have a few projects in the planning stages that you will love. This test video is a bit of a teaser, but not the entire project concept. It should be fun and hopefully instill calm. Moment of Zen, Calm, and Serenity   #StayTuned

Q&A - The Adventures of Kylie and Magnus Sims Stories Series

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Q: What prompted you to start this series ? A: Summer and Fall 2019 I spent quite a bit of time reading the Sims forums, especially last fall when the huge inventory bug started and I just couldn't play. To keep my sanity I decided to just immerse myself in all things Sims. I was motivated to read the forums partially for tips on how to play the game and comradery with like minded people and also because I was getting a bit bored and I wanted to add something to my game play.  I don't play with tons of mods, particularly because I want to play the game as the designers intended and mods are someone else's vision. Also, the challenges like 100 baby didn't interest me, although I did play my own version of rags to riches. One day, I just was fed up with all the complaining on the forums. Some people just don't like change and they want all new iterations of the Sims to be exactly like the past. Or they just complain about every single aspect of the game.