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“…as shaky as…a fiddler on the roof!”

by Robin | Feb 21, 2009 | Family Traditions, Personal, youtube ROCKS!

"P r o g r e s s" (she says loosely) next door has resulted in me treading water–a new home under construction and related heavy truck traffic has sliced through the cabling that furnishes our home telephone, tv cable and internet service three times...

Be a hero

by Robin | Feb 19, 2009 | Good causes, Health, On my soapbox, Personal, Photos, Unsolicited Endorsement

Until 1983, I could actually blame it on being too thin*; for the next 25 years, it was nothing short of selfish cowardice. In February of last year, there was a moment of redemption, but just two months after that, exclusion returned. This time it...

A study of three

by Robin | Feb 17, 2009 | Personal, Photos, Valentine Tea

Antique Belleek china, 2009 Valentine Tea Party, Noni's house.This simple monochromatic grouping is stunning to me. Delicate,fragile and luminescent, its beauty is concealed in this:all three pieces were gifts to my mother-in-law from her best...

Valentine’s Day ~ it’s not about romance, but it IS about love

by Robin | Feb 17, 2009 | Celebrations, Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, Food and Drink, friendship, Marriage, Mom stuff, Personal, Photos, Valentine Tea, Valentine's Day

My husband might be the luckiest man on the planet: I have no expectation from him on Valentine’s Day. Never a fan of Hallmark- and Hershey’s-prescribed holidays, while I appreciate a Valentine’s Day greeting, I’m really not interested...

I don’t deserve this…

by Robin | Feb 16, 2009 | Blissdom, friendship, Personal

Sometimes the sweetest blessings arrive at your doorstop, devoid of fanfare but hardly without notice. Such is the case of a friendship that began before I met her: Amber, author of the run-a-muck and THE mother of The Mother Letter Project Blog. I first loved...

It’s a bunny miracle!

by Robin | Feb 14, 2009 | Faith, Family, Kids, Lionhead rabbits, Personal, Pets

Earlier this week when Bananas not only escaped from his pen but was chased to South Dakota by our bunny-lickin' Australian Shepherd, I was certain we had seen the last of him. Even so, I prayed. So did some of you, bless your ever-lovin' hearts,...