A modern-day fairytale: My Sister, Katie Couric and the Traveling Red Dress
________________________________________________________________ I'm cracking up after she commanded me to "Wink!" Now those pictures are FUNNY because, news to me, I look like a circus freak when I wink... My sister took a thousand pictures(1)...
A hilarious conversation with Tom Hanks on Germany and the Autobahn
So. Blogging. Yeah, that. I'm finding it a l e e t l e bit more difficult to do over "here" than at home because everything is new and there's always something else to do. Don't get me wrong, I've taken at least 5,000 pictures...
A Story and The Wall
When I stood in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, painted in rusty tears and rebar, I could feel the anguish of ages past and not so long ago. I remember when it fell in November of '89, the collective joy of a people imprisoned by its menace for 28 years. But I...
~ Join Me! ~ A FUN cell phone photo prompt for July: #Instafaves
I hope YOU'LL join in!! Like many of you, my cell phone is an extension of my hand; not because I'm particularly talky, texty or twittery, but because I never know when a photo op will present itself. While it's important to savor those special...
Simple (?) Marriage Advice
Though my niche at Simple Mom is parenting teenagers, Tsh extended freedom to her contributors to deviate from our typical topics while she is on break this summer. I decided to take advantage of her offer, with one caveat: This post isn't for all readers;...
See…Robin…Dance ~ Five Minutes & Foreshadowing
Can't you see my soul & spirit dancing?! Almost 25 years ago my husband gave me a gift that wasn't really a gift, but it was akind of giving in which I've taken great delight for decades, so we shall count it as one, okay? My name. Robin...
My favorte journal entry of all time
When my sister-in-law sorted through a mountain of schoolwork sent home with her children at the end of the year, she discovered precious treasure: a journal entry by her youngest child and only daughter. Written before Thanksgiving last year, it told...
Vulnerable
It is my Achilles' heel, the surest path to splinter my heart into shatters and chards. They are the surest path. My children. I don't think they know it, but even if they do, it will be impossible for them to understand for years....
Fifty, Failure and Buckets
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? ~ Robert Schuller March, 2012, near Erlangen, Bavaria (Germany). Soaring on blue skies and skipping on clouds. Seriously, WHAT would you do if you knew you could not fail? At the top of my...