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Good, night

by Robin | May 7, 2009 | Compassion - India, Personal

The movement is mechanical and routine, one whose repetitions could be calculated if any point would be served in doing so. There's not. Water fills the carafe to just over eight cups, an unnecessarily-bleached filter is nested into place, and I...

Fire in hand

by Robin | May 5, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Photos, Wordless Wednesday

Kolkata, India, April 2009. She's not learning karate for kicks; she's learning it to defend herself. On first glance in the last picture, it looks like she's wearing a ring; it's actually a glowing ember. Compassion...

Typos, schmypos

by Robin | May 5, 2009 | Blog friends, Blogging, Compassion - India, Compassion International, Friends, Personal

This morning as I’m sipping My Precious–a steaming cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee, the thing I missed most last week after my husband and kids–I’m also drinking a companion cup of Bittersweet. One of my oldest and most entertaining blogging buds...

Here and there…

by Robin | May 4, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Personal

I suppose it's no surprise that a piece of me is still in Kolkata… …but I'm kind of surprised with a thousand stories left to tell, today I've had few words. I suppose that will come with time, but for now, thank you for investing the...

Revelation

by Robin | May 1, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International, Faith, Personal, Photos, Raves & Rants

I'm standing in the shower while a perpetual army of water soldiers fights off the day's sweat and filth and emotion when I notice the shelf in front of me. I mentally tick off seven miniature bottles whose purpose is to clean, condition, soften and...

Date night

by Robin | Apr 30, 2009 | Compassion - India, Compassion International

The Compassion Bloggers' India team will host a live chat with video feed Thursday night (tonight for y'all, tomorrow for us!) at 10:00 p.m. CST. If you're interested in what's been happening "in between the lines", please make plans...