by Robin | Nov 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Who would've suspected shrimp cocktail can reveal personality? Meet my husband, left-brained engineer: Neat Orderly Precise Linear Calculated Meet me, right-brained writer: Messy Cluttered Unconfined Careless Unbound by convention He bit the shrimp...
by Robin | Oct 29, 2009 | Favorite things, Nature, Personal, Photos, Poetry
This morning I was entangled by silvery threads beaded in dew. Spun and woven and snowflake-unique, patterned and random and each a gossamer masterpiece. Delicate garland adorning iron tree, beauty softening hardened beast. Life-sustaining for one, life-taking for...
by Robin | Oct 28, 2009 | Faith, Music, Unsolicited Endorsement
, Randy Phillips, and –do you recognize those names? I wouldn't have until I put their last names together and in the right order: . Now do you recognize them? If you've been even a casual listener of contemporary Christian music...
by Robin | Oct 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last week . Flu sick. Bed was my best friend for days–something, thankfully, to which I am not accustomed. I received an email forward from my friend Theresa, the kind I typically barely read before clicking "delete"; in this case,...
by Robin | Oct 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
When I was little and got sick, no matter what the doctor prescribed, it was my mother's antidote that made me feel better: a Pepsi with crushed ice. When I was sooo sick I couldn't do anything but lie on our sofa and watch TV, I listened while Mama...