by Robin | Jun 13, 2011 | Animals, Faith, Favorite things, Gratitude, Nature, One Thousand Gifts, Personal
As long as I can remember, I've had a fascination with bugs–the good (ladybugs, fire flies & butterflies), the bad (bees, dragonflies & spiders) and the ugly (praying mantises freak me out!). On hands and knees or tippie toes scouring cabinets...
by Robin | Jun 8, 2011 | Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal
I’m anchored to a familiar perch, a red stool at our kitchen bar. It’s one of my favorite writing spots, overlooking a squirrel’s playground every day and a bunny sanctuary on my luckiest days. She rounds the kitchen corner in a burst of morning...
by Robin | Jun 6, 2011 | Beauty, Favorite things, Life Philosophy, Nature, Personal
Finding a four-leaf clover confers an odd sense of accomplishment to me. Its quad of verdant hearts enchants my own. Imagine the delight, then, when along a sizzling 3 1/2-mile power walk I discover not one but an entire elfin bouquet– Seven four-leaf...
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 31, 2011 | Beauty, Family, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Nostalgia, Personal
"I was too embarrassed to tell them my answer," she said out of the blue. I think it was conversation over a pile of laundry. Her youth leader had one of those books written to break ice and force people to reveal little known facts about themselves,...
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....