by Robin | Dec 6, 2014 | Around/About {weekly link-love}, Christmas, Links to share, Uncategorized
Gingerbread Cookies Gone Wild (The title I gave Annie Barnett’s post after the little darling showed picchas of her Gingerbread gals in bikini’s!) Got a cookie recipe to share? Need to find your next favorite cookies to bake? Grace Table has gotcha...
by Robin | Nov 16, 2012 | Compassion Bloggers, Compassion International
There are a lot of people out there telling you to follow the Compassion Bloggers in Peru this week, but I’m the only one who’s telling you to stay away. I can hear what you’re thinking: “How dare you say such a preposterous...
by Robin | Aug 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
This got me at the 2:20 mark…. Shaun Groves – Third World Symphony (Ethiopia Story) from Shaun Groves on Vimeo. Beautiful and affecting is the inspiration for Shaun Groves' new album, Third World Symphony. No wonder the end result is equally...
by Robin | Jul 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
When I think of Shaun Groves, I always, always think of Annie Wilkes, Paul Sheldon's "rescuer" in the Stephen King novel, Misery, perhaps better remembered as Kathy Bates and James Caan in the movie adaptation of the book; which incidentally I never saw...
by Robin | Jan 24, 2011 | (in)courage, Compassion - India, Compassion Bloggers, Compassion International
I was shocked one night to discover this on YouTube when I was searching for something else– Meeting Pinki for the first time, the little girl from India I sponsor through Compassion International. It's was a beautiful, awkward, painful,...