I find it impossible to introduce myself in writing to strangers, telling them a little bit about me in a way that helps them understand who I am. I worry about the image my self-description creates.
WTF?
I’m certainly not a gray-haired granny knitting booties from a rocker but I do have nine grandchildren. I don’t knit, though. I try it every couple of years. My fingers are too fat. The work is mindless. The instructions are the stuff of metaphysical science and I can’t understand them.
I also have a rocker on my screened front porch and I love to sit in it. Since I’ve had it, a pair of them actually, I’ve assumed they were poorly made and that the chair part was placed too far forward on the rockers, causing the chair to lean forward and the rocking back action to be a task, not a relaxing endeavor which is the job of the chairs, to relax me while I stare into the abyss.
I like the chairs anyway because they look good on the porch, evoking just the mood I set out to create.
Last fall, in preparation for a hard, cold, dark, prison-like winter, I went to move the chairs into the barn for storage. During this once yearly exercise, one of the chairs happened to be turned backwards, facing the house. I plopped into it for a quick rest and to lament the coming months of cold, dreary, hateful hell in the middle of the United States. I nearly rocked ass-over-head backwards and realized at once that the chairs are constructed exactly right. My porch is sloped.
Also, my hair is not gray. I’m a Boomer. Full of vain pride and trying desperately to stay relevant in my old age. Nice to meet you.
How I See Myself
How My Kids See Me
How My Husband Sees Me
How My Mom Sees Me
How My Friends See Me
How My Grand Kids See Me
BzirkWorld 
Soul Sisters (Except, I do knit.)
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I’m sure I’ll try again before too long… I’m so attracted to the yarn and the needles. 🙂
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Another Soul Sister here and I also knit….I’m skimming at the moment because my kids will be home from school at any moment but I’m coming back to read more as I’m sure there are some good laughs in here. Thanks for stopping by The C-Sweet!! xo
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p.s. the pics and your captions are just perfect although I’m not sure what you were thinking when you paired those white shoes with that motorcycle cat suit thing you have on but I’m sure you had a good reason…..
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p.p.s. I’m sorry to overstay my welcome but I just love the caption under the knitting instructions…..I may just hang out here on your blog and never go back to my own….got any chardonnay in the fridge?
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No such thing as overstaying…please do stay! I have no chardonnay but I have some cab sav in the wine rack. That sounds pretty fancy but in full disclosure it’s the ONLY bottle in the wine rack and the rack itself is something I found at a thrift store….but still..I have fancy glasses so hang around. I’m also enjoying your site http://fromthecsweet.com/2016/01/03/jusjojan-socs-hit-pause/ . Check out my post on Facebooking with Grandma…you’ll laugh. Thanks for stopping in and commenting. And please, come back often.
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Appreciate the warm welcome and next time I come over I’ll bring some wine – a bottle to drink and a bottle for the wine rack. God Bless you for being a Granny….I had my first child at 40 so I’m a Boomer with kids in middle school….see why I immediately jump to the wine thing? They just got home from the first back back to school since the holiday….one of them is happy…I wonder how the other one’s doing, LOL.
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Hahaha.. well it was pre-Labor Day so I thought I could pull it off. I normally wear my ninja slippers so I can climb tall buildings and whatnot. I was feeling pretty fancy that day…:)
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you have real ninja slippers?????
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Oh… that struggle is real. I started late as well and had my last one in my early 30s. I never really fit in at school functions. At one point my baby was in high school and I had a grandchild so yeah…life is messy. Well mine is.
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The first grandchild was not from the high school girl…not that it matters…but the oldest went right out and got married and started a baby-making tour. She ended up with three but now I’ve got nine grands and two on the way.
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Well… you know… in my mind… that photo is really me…in my mind. Stands to reason a hot granny on a motorcycle would have ninja slippers. In various colors.
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I’m so jealous….
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You’ll have some of your own when you start having grandchildren. The Ninja life begins at that point…
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So funny! I enjoyed this blog post. The pictures and captions are so true for many of us who are called grandma.
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Thank you Nan… you are the ultimate ninja grandma and huge, huge (or if you are a trump fan yuge) congrats on your children’s book, Saving Mim http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Mim-Charlie-Kadabra-Magicians-ebook/dp/B00T9U2NJ8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451927752&sr=8-1&keywords=Saving+Mim
My grand kids loved it and looking forward to the next one. xx
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That wasn’t very nice stealing MY photo for the “How I see myself” shot.
Fun post BZ!
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Well you know what they say… great minds think alike.. okay that doesn’t really work for us but maybe we are twins separated at birth. That works better. We both certainly had a wild time in our youth. And both have great minds for that matter. We just don’t think alike. 🙂
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Thanks for the follow. I don’t knit either. I like your rocking chairs. You don’t seem to be off your rocker 🙂 I’m still laughing over how you see yourself versus the grandies and other people. God bless, Jo
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Thank you for stopping by. Those aren’t my rockers but mine are similar. I wrote this a long time ago and had a cool shot of my chairs but I couldn’t find it when I posted the essay so I used this photo instead. Had fun reading your blog as well.
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Thanks for following my blog. I too am a Meema. I’ve got 7 but only see 4 as my son married a psycho/bitch who dragged him away to never never land. I write (my blog), rock (mine are walnut), drink (scotch), love (my hubby of 44 years), and baby my 4 babies. Life is good!
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Life is good. I saw your comments on another blog. I am settling in the for the evening and getting ready to stalk your site. Sounds like you have a good time over there. Thanks for the comment.
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Awesome introduction. Stopping over from OM and now a new follower!
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PS, I wanted to respond to your post. I am like you. I want to stay “relevant” in my middle years. I am my school’s yearbook teacher, so I feel it’s important to keep my ear to the pulse of what is happening today. I also make a pop culture magazine with the students. I am a grandma by marriage, so I related to what you wrote in your introduction.
Janice
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Thank you for the follow and the compliment. Love what OM does for bloggers. I’ll check out yours today.
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Thank you. I’m often bored with pop culture but I keep watching and reading so I can at least have conversations with people younger than me. I love finding good blogs to read interesting perspectives on this crazy life.
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Love your blog, http://whatsfordinnermoms.com/ and followed. The recipes look great and I like your simple, straightforward style.
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Thank you so very much!
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[…] just re-read @Bzirk’s Another Introduction and peeing my pants again….especially the comments so I just had to share […]
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I laughed out loud…my sentiments exactly about knitting… Thank you for the mention and I will return the favor. I’ve been stalking your blog all day and laughing.. xx
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This was so funny,and made me want to be a grandma. I know…I should probably start with being a Ma first. I have always envisioned having a rocker on my porch. I will be sure to have a flat porch too! Got here through C-Sweet…will be staying coz you sound awesome.
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Being grandma is the best thing ever. Flat porches are essential to good rocking, however, I am proof you can achieve a decent rock even with a slope. I love C-Sweet–she keeps me laughing. I’ve been stalking her blog all evening and enjoying her work. Thanks for the follow and I will check out your blog as well.
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This post is hysterical. I found myself smiling throughout. I want those rockers – where’d you get them? I’m young just like you – six grandkids. Not possible, but true. I like your attitude, sister!! Thanks for finding me at roughwighting. I look forward to reading your blog regularly.
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[…] might help to read my short introduction, another introduction to understand that I’m old but I’m not a grey-haired old granny. I don’t want to be young […]
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Thank you… I also love your blog. I got those rockers at Walmart several years ago which is why I figured they were poorly made. Silly me. Thanks for reading…
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You are hilarious!! Love the pics =D
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Thank you! I appreciate the compliment more than I should. The pictures make me laugh too..
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The post was very entertaining. Thank you for the laughs.
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Really enjoyed this post and will be back for more. I have grandbaby #4 coming in March.
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Aren’t they just the big payoff? I also have one coming in April and another in June. Thank you for reading my work and I’m enjoying yours as well.
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Thank you so much… I love hearing it. I am blown away by your story and digging in this evening to read more.
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53, grandfather, and love this post…. how my husband sees me still has me chuckling
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Thank you. My husband doesn’t read my work much but he read this one and laughed pretty hard. He also didn’t deny it.
Thanks for reading. I wrote an odd piece about being our age. You might like it. I’ll have to go find the link if you want to read it.
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A delightful post. The photos certainly have me laughing. Looking forward to following your website.
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Thank you. I’ve been following you and look forward to spending part of today perusing your blog.
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Thank you. I’ll be doing my visits over this evening and tomorrow. Thank you for supporting my website. 🍅 🙂
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I’m still chuckling about the rocking chairs. As soon as I read that you had the chair sitting ‘backwards’ I knew where you were going to take me. So good.
I also really like the series of pictures – how people see you… very clever. Thanks for the Sunday morning laugh.
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Thank you, I appreciate your comments. You must have some experience living in an old house. Mine was built in 1921 and there are no plumb walls or unsloped porches. I love it more everyday. Thanks for reading.
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This is an example comment.
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Got it. I think it is figured out. Now if we could find those missing ffffffs
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My mother and my sister knit, and I just never could get the hang of it. They also sew. I can’t do that either and that’s ok, because I am neither my mother or my sister. I really enjoyed this post.
I will be 48 this year, and I went blonde to hide the grey, (It looks like highlights now. I get all kinds of complements on it and I take them gladly).
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Thank you, I’m glad you liked it. I think we all have some version of how we think we are interpreted in our world(s). I do sew but haven’t for awhile–self taught because a daughter needed a fancy dress I could not afford and I could not afford sewing lessons. I’m not sure why I love sewing because I’m not normally very crafty. I think it must be the creating part.
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Love the pictures- hilarious!
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Thank you…they are pretty accurate all things considered.
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[…] not think we like something, or that it’s defective, until we turn it around. This particular gem at Bzirkworld makes that […]
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Nice to meet you too bzirkone! And I like how you depict how others see you. How you see yourself is as a sexy hiker chic is great. Truly enjoyed your post. 😊
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OMG So funny!!! Especially the picture of your mom seeing you picking your nose! REALLY!? LOL This is great
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Thank you! When she read it she did not dispute the image. ..thank you so much for the comment and for reading.
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Love the pics, they always think of grandparents as someone magical, I’m going to be 62 next Wednesday and with 10 grandchildren there’s never a dull moment when they’re around. I bet you really do look like the first picture (how you see yourself) because I know I still look as though I’m in my teens. I don’t recognise the old get in the mirror though I feel I should xo
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Nope, that rocket-WTF-cable stuff is not my thing either. 🙂
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Ha. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
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I also have a strange old woman in my mirror. I’m not sure who she thinks she is showing up in my private space like that but I can’t seem to ditch her. Thanks for reading and commenting. Have fun with those babies…by June I’ll have 11. I can’t figure out how I got this old…
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I don’t knit nor do I ever wish to have my wife with long pointy needles. But staying relevant is always curious question. What if we never really were? The like the view point to pictures,very funny! 😉
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It’s scary isn’t it? Time just seems to drift past but before you know it 25 years has flown and you missed it xoxo Have a wonderful weekend.
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Your presentation is so humourous and refreshing 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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My pleasure
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Good point Mark. Thanks for the comment. I think a lot of women my age can relate to the photos…it’s always such a shock when I remember how old I am.
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Thank you Ann…I appreciate your encouragement. I also enjoy perusing your site..the photos are fun and the recipes…all keepers. And thank you for not posting recipes in a slide-show. I hate that. So complicated.
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Thank you for posting this..I’m not sure how I missed it. xx
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Most welcome and thank YOU Bzirkone for the feedback. 😀 I would also usually skip recipes in a slide-show, although, thankfully, I don’t come by them often. Glad you enjoy them. 🙂
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How nice to meet you too. That’s one of the best introductions I’ve read in a long time. 🙂 I’m definitely looking to reading more of your blog posts now!
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Thank you. That’s a great comment to read at the end of a good day.
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Loved this. Too funny.
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Thank you.. 🙂
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Thanks for the follow. I love your “about” intro.
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Thank you..just digging in to your writer’s blog https://annelisplace.wordpress.com/ – Looks great so far!
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If you have something you’d like to contribute to it, I’d be happy to consider it. Just let me know. anneli.purchase33@gmail.com
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Loved this. What a great post, you sound amazing, someone I could easily hang out with. :_
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Thank you Miriam, that’s high praise and I appreciate it. If I’m ever in Australia or you come to the USA, we should hang out and test the theory. I am enjoying your blog and plan to block out some time tonight to read your published work. I’m glad we crossed paths. I assume thanks are in order to Danny @ https://dreambigdreamoften.co/dream-big-partners/ 🙂
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I’ve seen the interviews but am not sure if you publish work from other writers. I can’t seem to find the section to check on what kinds of writing you share. Thanks- bz
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If you own the writing, I can publish it with your permission. Email me if you like: anneli.purchase33@gmail.com
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So glad to hear and I’m glad we’ve crossed paths too. And yes, thanks indeed are due to Danny. 🙂
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How funny! I used to knit, but it always turned out three sizes too big, and now I’d rather go and buy a jumper from the shop. Hi from one Boomer with painted hair to another….
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Really ? You got one of those too ?! Gee she gets around …
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I came to say thanks for the visit and follow. I think I’m gonna have to be a frequent flyer here. Those photos – OMG!!!
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Hi, Thanks for taking the time to post at the Salon. Your post is avery engaging introduction and I hope to read a lot more of them. You have a great Erma Bombeck sense of humor.
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I’m also glad you added this to Bernadette’s Salon! I only have two grandkids..but this fits for me, too. I’m sticking to the Glinda concept…bubbles instead of cycles for me!
I did knit…once…no fancy stitches, though. I bought a book when I was pregnant and my son, the night person, would wake me by doing somersaults every night at 3 am. I decided to use the awake time to mindlessly knit. It thought I could create a sweater as a Christmas surprise for my husband who wouldn’t see me doing it and the boredom would put me back to sleep once my son decided he was done ping ponging between a rib and my blatter. I did finish and it came out so big and awful, I quit…of course, my husband also thought it would be safer if he took the needles away from me once I had a child! Enjoyed your blog!
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Is that why I can’t into. You’ve just saved me a lot of trouble.
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Love the wry wit, BZ, and the pictures. They are spot on.
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Thanks for following my blog…and I loved the driving in Levenworth, KS County.
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Love your blog. As for the Leavenworth article, https://bzirkworld.com/2016/04/17/other-lane-discovered-in-leavenworth-county/ … it’s all true. I almost took a photo yesterday to prove it but it made me too mad just looking at it. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Lost Dudeist Astrology and commented:
We had no idea that knitting was the “stuff of metaphysical science.” Welcome to Lost Dudeist Astrology, where we special in Metaphysical Science (especially the Shadow Side of it, as practiced by Lost Dudeist Astrologers.)
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Sorry I missed this comment…thanks for the read and intro. I never got as far as actually making something besides a long string of misshapen stitches. I’ll check out your blog this evening.
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Thanks.
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