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Quirky is my Happy Place
Quirky really is my happy place, so I had to share this photo from the hubs Flickr stream. I also like trees, but that is another blog post. Though can’t you totally see this one with a Swiss Family Robinson type house? (Is this what happens when you cross your brain with a quirky tree…
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Because Everyone Needs a Little (Melo)Drama
Tie her to the track, bubba! Cue the music. The curtain rises. We hear an evil laugh and the mustache-twirling villain strides onto the stage to a chorus of boos from the audience. The melodrama had begun. And–confession incoming–I loved every lame, over-the-top moment. Once a summer, for our founder’s day, my little hometown would…
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Pauline Baird Jones: A Random Act of Blogging…ness.
Since I ramped up my blogging efforts, I examine all elements of my life for possible inclusion in a blog post. Well, not everything. I do shut some mental doors. I’ve discovered that some ideas are…not bad, they just aren’t sufficient unto the day for a whole blog post. So I was mulling what to…
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Pauline Baird Jones: Barbarians and Tap Dancing?
When I noticed on Pinterest that a lot of bare-chested guys were getting re-pinned, I asked the hubs if he could help me out. And he did. Isn’t he great? LOL Okay, now that I’ve got your attention, I’ll get to what this blog is really about. Tap dancing. And ballet and tumbling. But mostly…
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Houston, Perilous P has a Garden…
I finally have a garden! It’s so cute. All the plants kill zombies, which is really good to have with a possible zombie apocalypse on the way. (I know they won’t help, but I feel I can learn from their techniques…) It’s not to everyone’s taste, of course, but I got my brains eaten several…
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On My Classic Bookshelf: Elizabeth Cadell
One of the great pleasures of my reading life has been to collect (or glom) books by favorite authors. Sometimes it can take a LONG time to acquire all an author’s books. If the books are out of print, they can be quite expensive, or just plain not available, though having online access opened up…
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Short Me = Tall Characters?
I was browsing the Facebook home feed and found this funny tee shirt and had to smile and repost it. I’ve been short all my life, including during my grownup years when I hoped not to be short anymore. My husband is tall. His mom, sisters, dad, brother, all of them tall. My kids are…
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A Box to the Past
I was sure I’d never, ever forget a single moment of my journey to becoming a “real” writer. Oh, there are things I do remember, like the very, very first encouraging letter. It was sent to me by an actual theater creative director and he said that “…one can appreciate the playwright’s word choices…” He…
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Ashe and Lurch Escape Book for an Interview!
You turn your back to work on a new book and poof! Ashe and Lurch (he had no choice, of course) snuck out for an interview at Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews! And they are hosting a giveaway of a gift card from AnaBanana’s Bath & Body Treats! I’m not quite sure how they managed it,…
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Friday Favorites Link Round Up
I’ve happy to be guest blogging at TBR today. Hope you’ll stop by and leave a comment. And now for the link roundup: How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day (eye opening and be sure to click through to her post on plotting!) Women peeing standing up?!?! Amen to that! (Too…
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Because Everyone Needs a Little (Melo)Drama
Tie her to the track, bubba! Cue the music. The curtain rises. We hear an evil laugh and the mustache-twirling villain strides onto the stage to a chorus of boos from the audience. The melodrama had begun. And–confession incoming–I loved every lame, over-the-top moment. Once a summer, for our founder’s day, my little hometown would…