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. […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
10 posts
It seems almost wrong to write “My hobby is photography.” I’m inconsistent. I don’t pick up my camera nearly as much as I should. Sometimes the images are disjointed. Much of the time the focus is off. I’m not a writer. I don’t have a way with words. I don’t live or […]
Last year, I started a series called “Life After Kids” in which I shared how The Hubs and I were adjusting to life as empty nesters. A few of you noticed that I’d stopped writing the series and wanted to know why. Well, there aren’t any specific reasons. I just […]
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. […]
Rain against the window… Cozy sweater tights and ankle boots… Freshly brewed coffee. 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 Bloglovin’!
I tend to be very critical of my photography. In my head I have this image that I want to create. This scene I want to set. This mood I want to capture. And it never seems to materialize. I know that some of it is that I don’t have […]
Like every year before this, I’m starting out with high photographic hopes. My goal is to stretch and grow as a photographer and, for the life of me, complete at least one photography challenge! So far, I’m participating in, I don’t know, 3 or 4, and using the prompts from […]
This was my weekend to work, so I didn’t get the opportunity to take many pictures. So since I was off today and needed to get this week’s Flickr Project 52: 2016 Edition prompt out of the way, I decided to share it today. The prompt for this week is “Dark”, […]
At almost 43, I’m still trying to figure it out. There are times when I feel like a teenager, dipping a toe into the warm waters of adulthood. Then there are times when I feel like an old hand at this grown~up thing, jumping head first into the deep end. I’m […]
My day actually began before it ended. Somewhere around 11:30 Friday night I decided I wanted nothing more than to soak in the tub with some eucalyptus and spearmint scented epsom salt, so that’s what I did. What I hadn’t planned on doing was staying in the tub until almost 1 […]