by Robin | Jun 8, 2011 | Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Personal
I’m anchored to a familiar perch, a red stool at our kitchen bar. It’s one of my favorite writing spots, overlooking a squirrel’s playground every day and a bunny sanctuary on my luckiest days. She rounds the kitchen corner in a burst of morning...
by Robin | Jun 6, 2011 | Beauty, Favorite things, Life Philosophy, Nature, Personal
Finding a four-leaf clover confers an odd sense of accomplishment to me. Its quad of verdant hearts enchants my own. Imagine the delight, then, when along a sizzling 3 1/2-mile power walk I discover not one but an entire elfin bouquet– Seven four-leaf...
by Robin | Jun 6, 2011 | Beach, Beauty, Family, Family Traditions, Favorite things, One Thousand Gifts, Travel
I feel like there's something wrong with me; the premise of Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts is so…well…me. It's my nature to be grateful for simple things, to notice the beauty of the ordinary and every day. But I can't seem to...
by Robin | Jun 5, 2011 | Cancer is NOT okay!, Chattanooga, Chick-fil-A, Friends, friendship, Inspiring, Kids
He says he's just an ordinary sixth grader but the evidence is stacked against him: After reading Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie ("a story about a middle school boy whose younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia. The boy ends up...
by Robin | Jun 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~ Unknown