Living Outside the Stacks

Navigating through life away from the library.

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Where Bloggers Live: My Favorite Rainy Day Activities

Hey, y’all, hey! How are ya? NGL, I’m bouncing between absolute rage at the state of this country and childlike wonder at the Artemis II space mission. For the past…

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11 April 2026
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Friday Favorites

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7 September 2019
Style

Ageless Style Linkup: Tropical Prints

This post uses affiliate links. If you purchase something using one of those links, I’ll receive a commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you in advance for your…

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6 August 2019
Fun Stuff

Friday Favorites: Insomnia and Color ID

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope y’all had a great week. Mine was exhausting. I go through bouts of insomnia, where I start to exist on about 3 or 4 hours…

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16 August 2019
Fun Stuff

Where Bloggers Live: Favorite Holiday Tradition

First of all, I owe my cohosts an apology — I am so late on this post. It’s the end of the term and I’ve been incredibly busy trying to…

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18 December 2021
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    Where Bloggers Live: My Community

    8 November 2019 / 19 Comments

    The hand of a sweet woman who was showing me flowers that had fallen to the ground…   Hi, welcome to my neighborhood… I’m so excited to show you around Alexandria, Louisiana. Specifically, this is a tour of the neighborhood where I work. We relocated to downtown Alexandria about 6 weeks ago and it has been pretty great. There were the usual concerns about moving to a new space: will there be enough parking? is the area safe? how will the influx of students impact local businesses? So far, we haven’t had any real problems, just a few hiccups that come with moving. The business community has been awesome. The…

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    Daenel

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    Wordless Wednesday: Sparks

    6 November 2019 / 0 Comments

    Nikon D7500 | 35mm | f4.8 | 1/500 | ISO-1250 Happy Snapping,     LET’S CONNECT           Follow Living Outside the Stacks on Bloglovin’!

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    Ageless Style: Snake Print

    4 November 2019 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. THE AGELESS STYLE LINKUP Hi, welcome to the Ageless Style Linkup. The linkup runs the first Tuesday of each month and features 10 women over the age of 40 styling an outfit based on one theme, and, because we’re all so different, each theme interpretation is different. Each month, one of the co-hosts invites a guest co-host to join us…

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    19 August 2019
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    Style Imitating Art: Crocheted Leaves by Susanna Bauer

    4 November 2019 / 1 Comment

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Gray}, Kim {Fierce Fashion Blog}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs. The following Monday we share our…

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    Friday Favorites

    1 November 2019 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. Hi and happy Friday! Do you have anything planned for the weekend? We’re planning to visit my family in Mississippi. It’s been a few months since I’ve seen them and my mom had surgery a couple of weeks ago, so I need to check on her. And my nephews are itching to see me {I suspect they want…

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    Wordless Wednesday: The Grandkids

    30 October 2019 / 0 Comments

    Edited Everyday Preset by Tia Costello at The Daily Lens Unedited Nikon D7500 | 35mm | f1.8 | 1/800 | ISO-400 Happy Snapping,     LET’S CONNECT           Follow Living Outside the Stacks on Bloglovin’!

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    Style Imitating Art Inspiration: Crocheted Leaves by Susanna Bauer

    30 October 2019 / 0 Comments

    ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Gray}, Kim {Fierce Fashion Blog}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs. The following Monday we share our art inspired outfit. My main tip for participating is not to just look at the colors but look at the textures, think about complimentary colors, etc. In other words, you don’t have to be literal in your interpretation. It’s all about looking at the items in your closet in new and creative ways…

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    Fab Forties: Wooden Necklace and a Funky New Haircut

    28 October 2019 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. ABOUT THE FAB FORTIES The Fab Forties is a group of five style bloggers from around the globe who come together once a month to share their common love of fashion. Each month we choose a different theme and invite a guest blogger, who is also in her forties, to join us. The group’s goal is to take…

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    Style Imitating Art: Autumn (Study of Mery Laurent)

    21 October 2019 / 1 Comment

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. ABOUT STYLE IMITATING ART Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar {14 Shades of Gray}, Kim {Fierce Fashion Blog}, and me. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday one of us selects an inspiration image and we each post the image on our blogs. The following Monday we share our…

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  • Fun Stuff

    Friday Favorites

    18 October 2019 / 0 Comments

    As the blogger and photographer behind Living Outside the Stacks, I independently select and write about stuff I love and things I think you’ll enjoy too. Living Outside the Stacks has affiliate and advertising partnerships so I get revenue from sharing this content and from your purchase. Thank you for your support. This week just flew by… I spent the last few days in Baton Rouge at the LOUIS Users Conference {a conference for library consortia}. The sessions were so interesting and I can honestly say that I learned things that I can use in our library. If you follow me on Instagram, you probably saw my pictures from the…

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