by Robin | May 21, 2012 | Family, Life with boys, Mom stuff, Personal, Poetry
between the lines it's impossible for them to know this tender desperation insisting, impetuous be still, my heart! pounding pounding each wisp of time skin to skin, sweet assurance still here still here for a while not for an ever looking at them,...
by Robin | Apr 4, 2012 | Home, Inspiring, Kids, Mom stuff, Poetry
Wowza…my friend Christine at I Dream of Clean is hosting a huge Spring Cleaning Challenge with some pretty big prizes at stake. Though I won't have opportunity to Spring Clean until I get home, my family assures me they've kept our house spic and...
by Robin | Mar 14, 2012 | Brand partnership, Poetry, Vicks VapoRub Bloggers
{Revised with winner's name below.} As my partnership with Vicks VapoRub comes to an end {sniff sniff}, and in anticipation of upcoming National Poetry Month, I've decide to write a poem in keeping with the unofficial ending of the Cold and Flu Season. ...
by Robin | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog friends, Blogging, Poetry
Early on in blogging, before there were such things as intention beyond spilling random thought, building your brand, or sponsored posts and giveaways, when everyone read everyone else’s blog and actually commented (gasp!), before Facebook and Twitter and vanity...
by Robin | Jan 9, 2012 | Beauty, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Nutrition, Personal, Poetry
My intention was singular: I needed a Bavarian Cream doughnut for Clue #2. O.n.e. Bavarian Cream doughnut (or "Krapfen" as my imaginary German friend Herr Höferle informed me). But, good gravy…when I walked through the...
by Robin | Dec 6, 2011 | Favorite things, Inspiring, Music, One Thousand Gifts, Personal, Poetry, Weather
{sung to the tune of My Favorite Things, of course!} Rain boots on Robin and soft fuzz of kittens White lights on Christmas trees, soft chenille mittens Coffee with friends, when my tea kettle sings, These are a few of my favorite things. Romantic...