Pauline Baird Jones

  • A Symbolic Cling/Sandwich Post

    So this is one of those symbolic posts with a somewhat symbolic picture. I saw this image in the hub’s Flickr feed and thought, oh wow, that’s me. I’m hanging on for dear life and I might have a few prickles out. I’m a hermit who is often nudged out of her comfort zone by…

  • Oh, This Getting Old…

    I saw (and shared) a meme on Facebook yesterday that said, “The sad thing about getting old is, you stay young on the inside, but nobody can tell anymore.” Lots of “heck yeahs” from the peeps who are older on the outside but still feel young on the inside. (My younger peeps always say, “You’re…

  • 10 Reasons It is Okay to be Old as Dirt

    This is the first August in years that went by at the speed of light. Usually August is something I slog through, beat up by heat, humidity, and the knowledge that I’ll be a year older by the end. And I’ll be lucky if the a/c doesn’t crap out on my “big day.” I’m still…

  • Dewlaps, Wattles and Jowls, Oh My!

    The subject of jowls came up during a panel on blogging at ApolloCon. Okay, I might have brought it up when I was asked if I planned any sort of YouTube broadcasting, as part of my blogging. Um, no, I do not put these jowls on camera anymore than I can help. They are camera…

  • Halfway Thru NaBloPoMo and Midpoint Musings

    I suck at math, even with a calculator. But when a month is 30 days long and this is day 15, that’s half, right? So I’m halfway through my NaBloPoMo blog challenge through BlogHer. This got me thinking about halfway points. My thoughts immediately jumped to turning 50, which shows my math skills. Because I…

  • Traveling with the Parents Part Deux (aka #hermitroadtrip)

    So Our Daughter’s Traveling With the Parents hit a new low the other day. I won’t go into what happened inside the store (which was a bit like herding cats), because it pales when compared to what happened outside. We had made our purchases  and then headed outside with our cart Full of Stuff. Our…