by Robin | Mar 25, 2012 | (in)courage, Encouragement, friendship
Sometimes friendship is plain hard. What should come easily, eludes… What everyone else seems to have in bountiful supply, you lack… Never do you feel more alone than when you’re in a crowd of women whom you like or admire or want to know, but they...
by Robin | Mar 23, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Europe, Travel, Winter
Angry splotches of purple with irregular, banana-esque edge, my three week-old bruises confirm what I hate to admit: snow skiing ain't my thing. But it's how my husband wanted to celebrate his birthday, so off to the Austrian Alps we went. ...
by Robin | Mar 22, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Travel
The first time I went to Burghausen’s Weekly Open Air Market, it was single digits and my camera froze shortly after arriving; but not before I captured a few of the sights– I’m not sure if it’s an octopus or a squid (I’m thinking the...
by Robin | Mar 19, 2012 | Memoir, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal
It occurred to me while I was in the shower. ten thousand tears splattered glass bleeding tributaries invisible walls cry out desperate to be heard a crimson tee shirt hangs over the side of the tub, and through glass illusion i hear the song. * * ...
by Robin | Mar 19, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Art, Travel
There was no way to know when the decision was made, but we couldn't have chosen a better time to agree to a job change that would take us half-way around the world. First, there was , a phenomenon so significant and an undertaking so grand it has occurred...