Pauline Baird Jones

  • Water Musings

    It is possible that growing up in a very dry state (Wyoming), has contributed to my fascination with water. I can remember, as a kid, loving to sit by the “crick” up in the mountains, and listening to the sound of the water. We also liked to play in our country grandma’s irrigation ditch. We’d…

  • Weight Shaming

    A week or so back I went to the doctor for a sinus infection. I was one miserable human being. If you’ve had a sinus infection, then you know what I was suffering. I’m not exactly sure why the doctor decided this was a good time to grill me about stuff not at all related…

  • My High School Reunion. O.O

    So yeah, just got back from my 40th high school reunion about a week ago. Above is my “official” graduation photo and here is how I looked the night of our reunion dinner: I had a really good time hanging with the high school peeps. It was great catching up again (this was the first…

  • Back in the Hot Zone

    So I’m back from my reunion, back from Wyoming. Hoping to have some post reunion thoughts when I’ve rested, but right now, just dealing with being back in the HEAT and the HUMIDITY. O.O I forget how hot it can get when I’m away. I love Texas and I love living here, but I feel…less…

  • Fried Olives? For reals? And another audio book…

    I have to laugh, because when the hubs comes home from one of his photo expeditions and I ask him how it was, I get, “Fun.” Or “Good.” Then he starts posting the pictures and I see his scenic route and probably his eating route. LOL So, it’s Thursday, which means I have another audio…

  • Where Part of My Heart Is

    I have many homes. When I’m where I live, I am home, but home is also where my kids grew up. And I talk about “going home” when I am at home where I live. When I think about “going home,” I mean Wyoming. I have come to realize that a piece of my heart…

  • What’s Out of Your World? A Blog Hop and Hope?

    When you hear “out of this world,” what comes to mind? Quick, don’t think too hard. Is it a vacation? A dessert? An adventure? For me, its always about outer space. Maybe it’s because of when I grew up. Back then we didn’t know what was on the dark side of the moon — at…

  • A Stormy Scenic Route & Another Audio Book 🙂

    I love the way the hubs sees the world through the lens of his camera. When a storm is coming, the air changes and you feel a mix of awe and excitement. A tingle down the spine. A good book can give you that tingle of awe and excitement, too. This week I have two…

  • Dragging My Memory Back to High School

    So, as previously mentioned, my high school reunion is this month. It’s been 40 years, so I’m not worried about what to wear or trying to repair the ravages of time. Thanks to FaceBook, most of my classmates have already had time to process time’s b*tch slapping. Gravity has not been kind either. It happens.…

  • More Romantic Rides and Reads.

    Last week, I posted one of the hubs photos of the Houston Livestock Show Skyride. Then I saw this one and fell for it, too. It draws the eye into the story, hopefully like a good book draws you into that story. The hubs forms his Flickr sets into a picture story, inviting you to…