by Robin | Jul 30, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Beauty, BIG Announcements, Blog friends, Blogging, Celebrations, Europe, Favorite things, Memoir, Personal, Photos, 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...
by Robin | Apr 17, 2012 | Art, Beauty, Book Review, Books, Encouragement, Family, Inspiring, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting
Divine providence brought them into my life 3½ years ago; they entered through love's door. Shannon, a favorite blogging friend of mine, thought I might be interested in and able to help "Danny" on a project-gift he was creating: a compilation of...
by Robin | Mar 27, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Advice, Beauty, Encouragement, Europe, friendship, Personal
Inertia Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. Marienplatz, Munich, February 2012. Dinner is served! It's doubtful Newton had in mind...
by Robin | Jan 22, 2012 | Beauty, Therapon
No matter the extreme measures you use to prevent aging, it’s going to happen. It’s natural. And sometimes the more you resist, the faster those changes seem to occur, don’t they? But I’ve come up with a way to win this battle; when wrinkles burrow and shape...
by Robin | Jan 9, 2012 | Beauty, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Nutrition, Personal, Poetry
My intention was singular: I needed a Bavarian Cream doughnut for Clue #2. O.n.e. Bavarian Cream doughnut (or "Krapfen" as my imaginary German friend Herr Höferle informed me). But, good gravy…when I walked through the...
by Robin | Dec 21, 2011 | Beauty, Christmas, Family, Marriage, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal
It was a Christmas gift to my husband the first year we were married, discovered under a pile of marked down sweaters at the Pawleys Island Men's Shop, circa 1987. I thought it was a wonderful gift. I knew he needed a larger size, but I liked it so much I...