How (NOT?!) To Have The Most Memorable Thanksgiving EVER
Once your children start leaving for college, the significance of holidays is magnified: they’re some of the few times you can count on having everyone around your table. For me, now with two in college, I’m counting down the days for their...
Christmas Gift Guide For Teens And College Students
One of my most popular posts of all time is my graduation gift ideas post; it’s a carefully curated list enthusiastically approved and eagerly endorsed by my children and their friends. My niece said, “It’s a great list, Aunt Robin–I...
Love Is…and Isn’t
He asked me two months ago if I minded if he went; it would mean we wouldn’t spend our anniversary together. It didn’t matter to me in the least; I’m married to him not a day, and I knew we’d celebrate sometime close enough for it to count. ...
A Woman’s Super(natural) Power
Venus and Amor by Berlin sculpture, Reinhold Begas on display at Munich’s Neue Pinakothek. Image by Robin Dance. When my children were all still young, they were demanding little creatures. At times, their relentless needs plucked raw my...
Around/About :: The WOW Inspiration/Writing Edition
A collection of links I love, sites I like, interesting reads or cool happenings nearby. For the month of October, I'm featuring blog series for Around/About, writers who are taking part in Nester's #31Days challenge. Last time I rounded up my...
WOW, Day 10 :: State of the blog re-design (hint: oops!)
So, that last (somewhat melo-dramatic) post of mine? A p p a r e n t l y premature publication. (Heartfelt gratitude to those of you who left comments or emailed me privately–it is impossible to express how much every word meant to me ~ ...
WOW, Day 9 :: An epiphany…and things to come
On January 1st this year, I woke up in our guest bedroom, alone. I had injured my knee five days earlier, and still swollen, hurting and icing, it was easier to sleep in our only downstairs bedroom than navigating the hardwood mountain to my room. ...
WOW, Day 8 :: The Glory of Friendship
Women amaze me. We wield mysterious superpowers often overlooked, dismissed or undervalued amidst a culture where proud is loud and success is too often measured only in dollars– We nurse an infant while potty training a toddler while supper is on the stove...