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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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Your Travel Insurance Didn’t Cover That — The Exclusions That Surprise Travelers Every Year
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The 6 Phrases That Get You Upgraded at Hotels — and the 3 That Guarantee You Won’t Be
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Chattanooga Spent 30 Years Cleaning Up Its Most Polluted City Label. Here’s the City It Became
In 1969, the federal government declared Chattanooga, Tennessee the most polluted city in the United States. The Tennessee River through…
