There it is. The month of February in pictures. One of my goals for this year is to document more of my every day life. Not that it’s all that interesting, fun, or exciting. I just want photographic evidence of the day~to~day. I’m using the prompts from the bethadilly challenge to guide my photo taking. If…
Coffee Talk: Fitbit Fitness and Weight Loss Goals
THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS. IF YOU PURCHASE ANYTHING USING THE LINK, I WILL RECEIVE A SMALL COMMISSION. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!I’d like to welcome you to Coffee Talk. In case you’re new here, this is where I share some of the great and not~so~great stuff that I find on the web. Topics range from…
Week 8: The Letter C
I love that The Word provides messages of love and peace, as well as words to calm the spirit. I’m participating in a 52 Week Project with Lashawn from Everyday Eyecandy. If you’d like to join or follow along on Instagram, use the hashtag #eyecandyproject52. Follow Living Outside the Stacks on…
The Space Between…
“How many children do you have?” “We have five.” We have six. “Four girls and a boy.” Four girls and two boys. At least, I think he was a boy. Even though I carried him in my hands to the hospital and gave him to the nurse, I don’t know for sure. I don’t know what…
Coffee Talk: Walkers, Politics, and Decorating Ideas
I’d like to welcome you to Coffee Talk. In case you’re new here, this is where I share some of the great and not~so~great stuff that I find on the web. Topics range from news stories that leave me scratchin’ my head to DIYs that I think are absolutely clever. And, who knows, there may…
Week 7: Yellow
My Thursdays are crazy hectic. I wake up at 5:45 am to get ready for my 8 am class. Yeah, seriously. And I still barely make it on time. I know. Right after class, I head home to grab a bite to eat, let Squeekerz out, and caffeinate. Then I mentally prepare myself for the…
Volunteer Photographer
Sometimes I get these wild hairs and I think I’m brave and cool and can do anything, so I volunteer to do things and then when the reality of what I’ve done hits me in the face I go into panic mode and think Why didn’t somebody stop me?! That’s how I’m feeling right now.…
Coffee Talk: Just Rambling
I’d like to welcome you to Coffee Talk. In case you’re new here, this is where I share some of the great and not~so~great stuff that I find on the web. Topics range from news stories that leave me scratchin’ my head to DIYs that I think are absolutely clever. And, who knows, there may…
Week 6: My Funny Valentine
The year was 1994, and I was a sweet, innocent little soldier stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, about to celebrate my 2nd year in the Army. This is my story, I can tell it any way that I like, just rest assured that what I’m telling you is the whole truth. Anyway, I was sitting…
Book Review: Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge in exchange for a review because I am a LibraryThing Early Reviewer. This consideration did not influence my review. Sweetsmoke is the story of Cassius Howard, a secretly literate slave, and his desire to find justice for his murdered friend, Emoline Justice. Emoline was a free black woman…