by Robin | Aug 11, 2015 | Aging, Favorite things, Marriage, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
Mr. Housman was a crusty old man with gravel in his voice. A stubble of white dusted the sides of his head. His skin was a map of liver spots and blotches. When he stood his tallest I could look him square, and his belly looked like he had swallowed a...
by Robin | May 20, 2015 | Favorite things, Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Uncategorized
Google “How to cook the perfect steak” and you’ll have 6.7 million returns telling you how to do it. Pioneer Woman, Bobby Flay, Emeril, Gordan Ramsay, Guy Fieri, Rachael Ray, Robert Irvine – even Martha Stewart – all have recipes and...
by Robin | Mar 30, 2015 | Europe, Favorite things, friendship, Memoir, Personal, Uncategorized
Last year for my birthday I got a miracle. No exaggeration, textbook definition…I know miracles when I see miracles. It wasn’t that I had the good fortune of celebrating in Vienna, Austria (traveling with my husband on a business trip) or that I got...
by Robin | Sep 22, 2014 | Favorite things, Memoir, Uncategorized
Today I put my hair in pigtails. I’m not even sure what prompted me to do it. They’re messy. It doesn’t look good or cute or even appropriate, but I had no idea it could be an instant attitude adjuster. I mean, on the day girlfriend gets a new cut...
by Robin | Aug 11, 2014 | Faith, Family, Favorite things
If you follow my blog, you already know my oldest has been interning in the Philippines this summer. After almost three months, I’m ready for her to be back. Rachel has been a reader since she could distinguish A from B, and at times her appetite for books was...
by Robin | Jun 26, 2014 | Advice, Affiliate links used, Encouragement, Family, Favorite things, friendship, Great quotes, Love Gifts, Memoir, Personal, Real beauty, The Wonder of a Woman, Uncategorized, Women
My sister gave me a gift last week and it made me so happy I screamed. Literally. We were alone in my house sitting on my youngest son’s bed, for a reason I can’t recall now. She handed me a package neatly ribboned and wrapped in the brown paper sack from...