by Robin | Jan 10, 2018 | Faith, Grace Table, Hospitality, Humor, Uncategorized
It occurred to me recently how there’s value in our mess-ups: they’ll often sear memory, and in the best of times they can point us to something magnificent. Mess-ups…mistakes are hard to forget. The more public, the more memorable. On...
by Robin | Sep 6, 2017 | friendship, Grace Table, Hospitality, Inspiring, Life Philosophy, Personal, Uncategorized
It was a day of inconveniences, the kind where you wonder if you’ll be able to get it all done. Since I was driving out of town the next day, taking my car to the shop for its past due oil change was top priority. The wait was hours long without an...
by Robin | May 3, 2017 | Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Friends, friendship, Grace Table, Uncategorized
After we got engaged I couldn’t wait to finally get to choose an everyday china pattern and register for our dishes and gifts. (How in the world was that almost 30 years ago?) I didn’t need to choose fine china; I had inherited my mother’s Malden by...
by Robin | Nov 20, 2016 | Family, Family Traditions, Grace Table, Uncategorized
I still remember the first time I met her, emerging from the shadow of her garage to meet us at the car. Her eyes were the same piercing blue as his; or rather, I suppose, his, hers. I think I told her so right then. I don’t know if he and I were in love yet but...
by Robin | May 25, 2015 | Faith, Grace Table, Hospitality, Uncategorized
Wisdom lights up a person’s face, softening its harshness. ~ Ecclesiastes 8:1b There is great possibility in face-to-face encounter. ~ Jean Fleming, Pursue the Intentional Life Have you ever thought about how much your appearance and expressions are communicating...
by Robin | Nov 24, 2014 | Family Traditions, Grace Table, Holidays, Hospitality
With all my heart I believe in magic. Oh, how I hope we’re the same, you and me. Not rabbits out of hats or the dark and mystical, only in the sweetest sense of the word. The things that steal my breath, explode my heart, and make me want to burst into an...