by Robin | Jun 5, 2011 | Cancer is NOT okay!, Chattanooga, Chick-fil-A, Friends, friendship, Inspiring, Kids
He says he's just an ordinary sixth grader but the evidence is stacked against him: After reading Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie ("a story about a middle school boy whose younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia. The boy ends up...
by Robin | Jun 4, 2011 | Beauty, Inspiring, Nature, Photos
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~ William Shakespeare Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.~ Lord Byron In the sweetness of friendship let...
by Robin | Jun 2, 2011 | Chattanooga, Inspiring, Kids, Personal
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. ~ e.e. cummings It was a day of endings and beginnings– My youngest, last born, always-baby-to-me, celebrating 8th grade commencement; his, both farewell to middle school and long-anticipated...
by Robin | May 23, 2011 | Animals, Beauty, Chattanooga, Favorite things, Inspiring, Kids, Life Philosophy, Nature, Nostalgia, Personal, Simplicity
I was an eight-year old fortune hunter; I knew exactly where to find buried treasure– Along the monkey grass-lined sidewalk to our apartment's playground and under every rock in my grandmother's back yard. Shelled magic. Pillbugs....
by Robin | Apr 16, 2011 | Art, Chattanooga, Inspiring, Photos
If you live in or near Chattanooga, what can I say to persuade you to head out to the 11th Annual 4 Bridges Arts Festival today or tomorrow? Will pictures do? The Festival, produced by the Association for Visual Arts (AVA), is hosted at the First...
by Robin | Apr 10, 2011 | Faith, Inspiring
It is not the disease but neglect of the remedy which generally destroys life. ~ From the Latin * * * * * * For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. ~ 1 Corninthians 15:22...