Girls Just Wanna Have Fun….

We’re at it again… playing in the hat department, this time not fancy ones, just $9 faux-fur toques (& scarves) at Target. This is our reward for shopping, because shopping to me and Rachel is torture. A necessary evil. Because she’s 14 and had...

Easy as Pie!

Thanksgiving has come and gone, retail is finally in the black for the year, so that can only mean one thing–Christmas is just around the corner! As a public service to anyone who finds their way into the ol’ Pensieve, I’m going to share a...

Diet Motivation…

…just in time for a huge Thanksgiving spread.Said to me today when my brother-in-law saw me after several weeks (months?):”Hey Robin, you look great! Have you gained wait? You look like you’ve gained weight.”Smack, smack! Please note, I did NOT...

Toast, Toast, A 300th Post…

& a pity party……!First, the good stuff: THIS is my 300th post. What I really wanted for such a milestone (said rather wryly) was some pithy piece of prose that would move heart, soul, mind and body–short, direct, and memorable, the way all good...

I really, REALLY hope this isn’t lost in translation

I love to laugh. Out loud. ‘Til tears stream and and my nose resembles a leaky faucet. The contagious kind of laughter that involuntarily affects anyone who sees or hears you, so that they, too, must join in, regardless of whether they know its origin or reason....

Judge NOT

Like……loggerheads to the sea…a moth to light…flies to honey…lint to ANYTHING black…Britney or Paris to the tabloids…chocolate to my hipsI was inexplicably but undeniably drawn.They have faces….they have names…they...

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