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Like Crazy Bargains? Don’t Miss These!

by Robin | May 23, 2014 | Affiliate links used, Bargains, Favorite things, Uncategorized

As you may remember, I get a head’s up on big sales from the companies for which I’m an affiliate; we got word from DaySpring that they’re having a BIG Memorial Weekend Sale! Fifty popular items are discounted 30-60% PLUS you can save another 20%...

…open a new door…!

by Robin | Mar 27, 2014 | Art, Favorite things, Home, Personal, Uncategorized

Oh, hai there internet people, long time no see. Well, I have reasons, lovies, and good ones. I’ve kinda-sorta been occupied, some reasons to which I’ve alluded online, but mostly not. For an over-sharer who lives with private people, I imagine...

Heroes, Dragons & StoryPeople

by Robin | Feb 22, 2014 | Art, Favorite things, Inspiring

On a recent visit to Winter Park, Florida in a tiny gallery on Park Avenue, I discovered a new-to-me artist: Brian Andreas, writer of brilliant micro stories and creator of inventive art. I’m smitten. He’s the whimsical mastermind behind StoryPeople, a...

CAPTION THIS! {a Notes From A Blue Bike GIVEAWAY!}

by Robin | Jan 29, 2014 | Favorite things, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Memoir, Personal, SNOW, Winter, Women

My friend LeAna dubbed this little jump of mine “The Robin” and I loved it when she’d send pictures of herself (or her son) duplicating the move while living in Europe. Come to think of it, living abroad must bring that out; I only do TheRobin when...

A Woman’s Super(natural) Power

by Robin | Oct 21, 2013 | Favorite things, Memoir, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal, The Wonder of a Woman, Women

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 patience...

WOW Day #4 || Chemical romance

by Robin | Oct 4, 2013 | Family, Favorite things, Marriage, Memoir, Personal, The Wonder of a Woman, Travel, Washington, D.C.

“The mysterious magnet is either there, buried somewhere deep behind the sternum, or it is not.” Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love Vacationing and sightseeing are not the same thing. A good vacation has medicinal value balming soul and spirit with rest and...