This year I’m participating in three different photography challenges. I know, I know. I do this every year and by the middle of February I tap out. Well, this year is different. These are 52 week projects, so I’m only obligated to take 3 photos a week instead of 1 photo a day. You see,…
Coffee Talk: Words Hurt, They Can Even Kill
I’d like to welcome you to Coffee Talk. If 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 even…
Burst of Color in Winter
Have you ever shopped with Zulily? I’m such a big fan of that site. I know some folks have problems with the return policy and the long wait for ordered items, but I don’t. I have 4 daughters, so if something doesn’t fit, I have 4 other people who can try it out. As for…
Project 52: My Life in Pictures {Week 3}
This year I’m participating in three different photography challenges. I know, I know. I do this every year and by the middle of February I tap out. Well, this year is different. These are 52 week projects, so I’m only obligated to take 3 photos a week instead of 1 photo a day. You see,…
Coffee Talk: Truth, Coffee, and Beaches
I’d like to welcome you to Coffee Talk. If 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 even…
Guest Post: “Nobody Wants Koolaid” by Brie Tucker
This a monologue-type response to an article my mom wrote that I performed for my speech class today. It’s called Nobody Wants Koolaid (alternatively, “Things I Learned When I Moved Out”) and I wrote it about twenty minutes before it was due. Go me. Yay college. My mom wrote an article for a magazine the other night.…
Project 52: My Life in Pictures {Week 2}
This year I’m participating in three different photography challenges. I know, I know. I do this every year and by the middle of February I tap out. Well, this year is different. These are 52 week projects, so I’m only obligated to take 3 photos a week instead of 1 photo a day. You see,…
Book Review: A Certain Age: A Novel by Beatriz Williams
This book was provided to me free of charge by HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review. My review is part of the TLC Book Tour. Title: A Certain Age: A Novel Author: Beatriz Williams Genre: Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release Date: Reprint Edition, 3 January 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 ABOUT THE BOOK The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring…
Coffee Talk: Birds and the Bees
I’d like to welcome you to Coffee Talk. If 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 even…
Book Review: Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst
I received this book free as part of a prize pack from Penguin Random House Library. Title: Harmony Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Genre: Fiction Publisher: Viking Release Date: 2016 Format: Advanced Uncorrected Proofs Pages: 275 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the flap} Alexandra and her husband have tried everything to help their off~the~charts genius but impossible daughter, who has been deemed “undiagnosable.” Once…