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 12, 2011 | Personal, Writing
It caught me by surprise last night; a sense-memory so strong it transcended time. Sipping well water from a silvery dipper, dented and pocked, drawn from a bucket that had plunged into midnight deep, a mystery as fresh and wonderful to me as new birth. I...
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 30, 2011 | Family, Friends, friendship, Funny Stuff!, Great quotes, Humor, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Sometimes I do or say things my kids don't care for. Like when I tell them "Do (or don't do) ________, or I'll take a baseball bat to your knee caps." For example, "If you or any of your friends ride your RipStick down our VERY STEEP...
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...