Pauline Baird Jones

  • A Foot in the Past

    Do you ever look at a photo and wish you could do a Mary Poppins and pop into the picture for a visit? I’d love to do that with this photo. I’ve always been drawn the villages built of stone and that are venerable with age, places filled with the ghosts of people who used…

  • Dead Feels a Lot like Not Dead

    Dead Feels a Lot like Not Dead

    So I found out on Twitter that I died in 1999. I really thought I’d know this without Twitter or Goodreads, but apparently not. I went over to Goodreads and there it was: I really think someone should have told me. I mean, I’ve always known I’m not normal, but I didn’t know I was paranormal.…

  • Life is an Invitation

    Life is an invitation. I don’t always feel that way. Sometimes it feels like life is a bat, but when I look at this photo the hubs took, I feel wonder and anticipation. I like feeling that. I grew up with mountains on the horizon. I used to like to look up and see them.…

  • Are You Really Living?

    I ran across this quote while working on another blog post: “I don’t want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels…

  • I Miss Hanging Upside Down…

    What do you miss about being a kid? This photo, taken by the hubs, took caught my eye. We didn’t do a lot of carnivals when I was a kid, because money was always tight. No, what caught my eye was the stuffed toys hanging upside down. I used to hang upside down a LOT…