by Robin | Jul 29, 2011 | Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Personal, Southern, y'all
Blood and marriage are reason enough to gather on the hottest day of the year to celebrate family, for no other reason than that. It's the Southern Way. On a canvas of conversation broad-stroked with laughter, the fizzy flit of flies joins a threatening...
by Robin | Jul 25, 2011 | Family, Favorite things, Mothers and daughters, Nostalgia, Personal, Photos
When I close my eyes, for seconds we are Thelma and Louise rounding treacherous mountain curves but not running from anything or to anything, just two girls on the go. Sisters. Truth is, the curves are more beautiful than treacherous, and the only approximation to...
by Robin | Jul 16, 2011 | (in)courage, Encouragement, Favorite things, Nostalgia, Personal
Even with the chicken-scratchiest scrawl, there’s something treasurable in a handwritten letter. Isn’t that why we box some away, impossible to relegate them to trash? I still have letters from my Jennie Arnold Edwards Y Camp days, some likely 40 years old. And...
by Robin | Jul 13, 2011 | Art, Biltmore trip, Favorite things, Inspiring, Nature, Photos, Plants & flowers, Real beauty
Note: Click to bigify the pictures–OHMYWORD blog-size does NOT do them justice! "B" is for… bumbley… and beautiful… and busy… and beady-eyed… And "b" is for buggy… and (wanna)bee Beautiful flowers...
by Robin | Jul 9, 2011 | Art, Beauty, Biltmore trip, Favorite things, Personal, Southern, y'all
When I think of Tiffany's, there's a confluence of three simultaneous thoughts: Audrey Hepburn and "Breakfast at…" Little blue boxes Beautiful stained glass lamps When I think of Biltmore Estate, there's another three-tiered thought parade:...
by Robin | Jun 29, 2011 | Favorite things, Personal
"To have discovered that magic truly exists is worth the price of growing up. It is not visible to the eye, it is seen by the heart. Nor is it something you grasp, for the soul is its keeper. General passers-by will not hear it, only the...