by Robin | Jul 22, 2010 | Food and Drink, Photos, Southern, y'all
Sometimes I can be surprisingly literal and uncharacteristically brief — Somewhere in Georgia, July 2010. Homegrown tomatoes from someone very close to me. All I have to say is bless…her…heart. How does YOUR garden grow?...
by Robin | Jul 21, 2010 | Advice, Encouragement, Faith, Kids, Mom stuff, Music, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Videos, youtube ROCKS!
"We're the nerds…we sit at the nerd table at lunch." It wasn't a pity party or a passive-aggressive attempt to coax a compliment from me, it was a declarative statement, a matter-of-fact assessment of "who" they were by one of their...
by Robin | Jul 16, 2010 | Advice, Books, Chattanooga, Encouragement, Family, Favorite things, friendship, Great ideas!, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Writing
Sometimes you strike gold when you aren’t even mining for it. The idea was planted the way a lot of great ideas are–buried in the loamy subconscious, waiting to burst surface at just the right time. The blame–no, make that credit–goes to Don...
by Robin | Jul 13, 2010 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Personal, Television, Videos, youtube ROCKS!
{Revised after voting: WAHOO!!! They've made it through to the next round!!} In spite of my discovery of Paul Potts (winner of Britain's Got Talent) years ago, I've never watched the show's American counterpart. My youngest loves America's...
by Robin | Jul 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
We were introduced last summer; it was unexpected love at first sight. Creamy yellow-flesh with blushed cheeks. Incredibly sweet, exquisitely rare and ab-so-lute-ly luscious. It didn't involve sparkly, twilight-y vampires but first bite consummated...