Coffee Talk – Random Acts

By Andrea | April 15, 2016 |

Welcome to Coffee Talk, where I’ll join you each week to talk about some of the interesting things going on in the world and around the web. Random Act Foundation This week Robert Downey Jr. announced the kickoff campaign for his new Random Act Foundation.  It seems like it’s going to support a lot of…

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#Project52 – Photographer’s Choice

By Andrea | April 14, 2016 |

Photographer’s Choice week for #EverydayProject52 coincides with National Library Week, so guess what you’re getting. Photos of libraries. I’m sure you’re thrilled.  There are several libraries in my area. Though not the original library, the one currently standing in Princeton, our county seat, is a beautiful old building funded by Carnegie. There are also two…

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Bookish Questions – Your first favorite book?

By Andrea | April 12, 2016 |

What was your first favorite book? While I’m sure I had a book that I made mom and dad read to me over and over when I was little, the first book I really remember falling in love with was the Mother Goose book that was at my grandmother Ruby’s house. It was A Treasury…

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Coffee Talk – Back to the 90s

By Andrea | April 8, 2016 |

Welcome to Coffee Talk, where I’ll join you each week to talk about some of the interesting things going on in the world and around the web. Back to the 90s JNCO Jeans popped up in my Facebook feed. You know the ones I’m talking about.  Those massively wide-leg jeans that we all wore in…

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#Project52 – Selfie

By Andrea | April 7, 2016 |

This week’s #EverydayProject52 challenge was the selfie.  It’s something I could certainly use more practice with, as I always seem to take 20 bad ones for each good selfie. So here are a few selfies I’ve taken over the last few weeks, that I’ve actually liked. The first two photos were taken with my phone,…

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Bookish Questions – How do you style your bookshelves?

By Andrea | April 5, 2016 |

How do you style your bookshelves? My bookshelves are a conglomeration of styles.  Where I have enough books from a single series, or group of related series, I like to create a single shelf devoted to that series/group.  For example, I have an entire shelf devoted to Harry Potter. (If you follow my tumblr, I…

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Coffee Talk – Birthday Wishes

By Andrea | April 1, 2016 |

My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, so I’ve been giving some thought to things I might like to have for my birthday. In case you missed it, we recently bought a new house, so a lot of these things will be linked to that. Buying a house can be a long,…

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#Project52 – From Above

By Andrea | March 31, 2016 |

I picked up a lovely planter of succulents for my office this week.  It’s nice to be able to bring some green into the house. Now, with a little luck – and as long as the cats don’t eat them – I might be able to keep these alive for a while.

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