Holidays Archives - Robin Dance

Powerful, Remarkable, and Beautiful Truth About Easter

by Robin | Apr 20, 2019 | (in)courage, Faith, Holidays, Uncategorized

Today is Easter Eve, though I’ve never heard it called such a thing, and I’m finding myself on a sweet stroll down memory lane. Won’t you join me? What characterized the Easters of your childhood? What made this cherished church holiday special for you? A brand...

I believe in magic (& I bet you do, too!) :: Traditions & Sacred Space

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...

On this day and every day

by Robin | Jan 1, 2014 | Holidays

The happiest thing on the internet today (& probably any day)

by Robin | Dec 31, 2011 | Favorite things, Holidays, Music, Personal, youtube ROCKS!

From the first time Jovi’s voice met Buddy the Elf’s in “Baby it’s Cold Outside, I’ve had mad love for Zooey Deschanel’s jazzy vocals. Mmmmmm, velvety, musical butter. Delicious. What a treat for she and 500 Days of...

Red, white and blew

by Robin | Jul 14, 2009 | Fourth of July, Holidays, Kids, Nostalgia, Personal, Photos

This is exactly the picture I was trying to capture, timed perfectly with the slip & slider in the background! I’ve always had a soft place for pinwheels…I don’t know if its their twirly spin or color blur, but their simplicity registers...

No trombones led the little parade

by Robin | Jul 11, 2009 | Celebrations, Fourth of July, Holidays, Personal, Photos, Southern, y'all

Our neighborhood resurrected a years' old tradition last week, born of Mayberry and family and simpler times: a Fourth of July parade.We don't have 76 trombones or 110 cornets or a thousand reeds, but we do have air horns and car horns and I think a...