by Robin | Jul 23, 2015 | Advice, Uncategorized
~ haven’t yet subscribed? please do! ~ Do you have a child who’ll be starting his or her freshman year in the next month or so? Trying to determine what he’ll need to take with him to college? Thanks to UGA for sending us their list of great ideas,...
by Robin | Jul 16, 2015 | Advice, Aging, Health, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Personal
~ please take a moment to subscribe? ~ I’ve arrived at that ambiguous age where people tack on a little qualifier when they say something about you, to you– You look good for your age… Your wrinkles aren’t bad for your age…...
by Robin | Jul 8, 2015 | (in)courage, Faith, Family, Marriage, Memoir, Uncategorized
We didn’t talk for two days after I wrote about him. Them. It wasn’t because he wouldn’t but because he couldn’t. “I know it’s all true because I’ve lived it,” he quivers, “but it’s still hard to...
by Robin | Jul 6, 2015 | Encouragement, Faith, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal, Uncategorized
Mind and memory are such a tricky thing, aren’t they? We don’t always have the luxury of controlling what we’d like to remember – or forget. Some memories are as slick as a greased watermelon, big and colorful but impossible to hold for very...
by Robin | Jul 4, 2015 | Aging, Family, Home, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
In the distance I hear a rooster. He’s persistent, this one, afraid we didn’t hear him the first time. He repeats his song–a cockle, an alarm, a lament. It’s midday and he’s waking no one. The air conditioner just cut on. I’m...