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Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Use of Breath in “The Battle Joined”

September 14, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

Can you act simply by lying in one place and breathing? Sam Heughan proved the answer is a gut-wrenching yes in Outlander Season 3’s episode 1. 

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Minute-by-Minute Recap: Outlander Episode 3.01 – “The Battle Joined”

September 10, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

Want a minute-by-minute recap of Outlander Season 3 episode 1, “The Battle Joined”? We give all the details….

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Outlander Season 3 NYC Premiere: A Fan’s Perspective

September 10, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

Entertainment Weekly hosted the Outlander Season 3 NYC premiere. An Outlander Cast Street Squad member takes us there virtually.

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Surviving Outlander’s Droughtlander: 8 Reasons Turkish TV Can Help

August 31, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

Surviving Outlander’s Droughtlander is real and challenging. Here are 8 reasons Turkish TV series—yes Turkish TV!—can help you make it through.

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A Starstruck Weekend in Blackpool—My Time at The Highlanders 2 Outlander Fan Event

August 29, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

When I told my workmates that I was going to Blackpool, England, for the weekend, I got a couple of quizzical looks and firmly raised eyebrows, to which I replied, “Yes, I’ve heard it’s a tired seaside town.” To which the response was, “let’s say . . .exhausted.” I told them I was undaunted as…

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Etching History for Outlander One Glass at a Time

August 27, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

Glass artist Wilma MacKenzie talks about etching history from her Scotland studio as she helped recreate the Jacobite glasses in Outlander Season 2.

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The Meaning Behind Outlander’s Signs and Symbols

August 23, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

When is a sign more than a sign? When it’s A. Malcolm’s print shop sign in Outlander Season 3. What do the signs and symbols mean?

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Get To Know Them: 13 Personal Questions With #Outlander Actor Graham McTavish (Dougal MacKenzie)

August 19, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

Mary and I recently had the pleasure of speaking with actor Graham McTavish (Dougal MacKenzie) on Outlander Cast.  We interviewed Graham for the podcast and Outlander Cast Blog as part of our #Gonelander series — a celebration of all the actors and characters from Outlander who we fell in love with but who won’t be part of the story in Voyager and beyond. You can find the audio…

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Crushing on Cait: 5 Reasons I/We Love Outlander’s Caitriona Balfe

August 14, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

Yes, Caitriona Balfe is one amazing actress. But she is so much more than that. Here’s a look at the impact she is having beyond the screen.

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I Watch Outlander for the Lighting . . . I Really Do

August 11, 2017 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog 0 Comments

I’ve decided that my Outlander obsessive tendencies might actually be scientific. Just hear me out. Studying scenes from the STARZ TV show has improved my critical thinking skills. Yes, really, it’s possible. Just ask author Amy Herman who wrote Visual Intelligence to help people do just that. It’s science. Seriously, science.  Somewhere in my obsessive re-watching that began in 2016, I realized…

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