Pauline Baird Jones

  • When Your Day Doesn’t Go As Planned…

    There are days when you start out with a Plan. You feel good (rare for me without enough Diet Dr. Pepper). You’re ready to rock it. You might even know what you’re getting into. And still get caught off guard. Life happens. It happens a lot. Sometimes it happens too much. But… …there are always…

  • “To Endure is Greater than to Dare…”

    “To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out the hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it- who can say this is not greatness? ” William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) I was walking past the hubs computer and this photo caught my eye, so I waited…

  • 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.…