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Disclaimers and tapas

by Robin | Jun 28, 2010 | Biltmore trip, Blogging, Personal, Photos, Southern, y'all, Travel

When Biltmore staff invited a group of bloggers and journalists for a familiarization tour, it was calculated risk: they didn't require that we write about our experiences but, understanding bloggers and social media enthusiasts, it was a safe bet we'd...

Where the wild things are

by Robin | Jun 15, 2010 | Family Traditions, Favorite things, God's Country, Kiawah Island, Nature, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal, Southern, y'all, Travel

{Note: This is one time you'll want to click pictures to supersize them!In this case, bigger is better!!} The mecca of our family's summer pilgrimage is more than sand and sea… It's where the wild things are. The only high rises are Live Oaks older...

A drop of golden sun

by Robin | May 27, 2010 | Uncategorized

IntoxicatingScent, Summer's golden prophetNectar of fairies. {Click the photograph for another perfect capture of a honeysuckle vine.}Thanks to Barbara (Xerraire) who graciously granted me permission to use her delicious honeysuckle photograph. She...

Song of the South

by Robin | Jan 29, 2010 | Favorite things, Southern, y'all, Twitter

I love being from the South. I feel sorry for people who, by virtue of birth, don't share this clear geographical advantage. I feel sorrier for the people who feel sorry for me for thinking it's something special to have been born in the...

The Southern Way

by Robin | Jun 15, 2009 | Family, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal, Southern, y'all

Blood and marriage are reason enough to gather on the hottest day of the year to celebrate family, for no other reason than that. It's the Southern Way. On a canvas of conversation broad-stroked with laughter, the fizzy flit of flies joins a threatening...