by Robin | May 4, 2011 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Mothers and daughters, Nostalgia, Ouch!, Parenting, Personal
"Shit." In four letters I was outed at our playgroup, betrayed by Goldilocks: I was a terrible mother. Not quite five years old she obviously had learned it "somewhere." Everyone knew somewhere was probably home, and because I spent...
by Robin | Feb 22, 2011 | Camp Days, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal
Sometimes I miss, even long for, the naïveté of youth. Then is the time for free and innocent expression… before you realize sometimes words have dual meaning. For me, summers at the all-girls Jennie Arnold Edwards Y Camp in the 70s...
by Robin | Dec 31, 2010 | Blog Carnivals, Blogging, Favorite things, Links to share, Nostalgia
Like many, I enjoy some blog downtime over the holidays to be fully present with my family; but I couldn't resist a good old fashioned blog carnival, hosted by my friend Jo-Lynne at Musings of a Housewife. She's asked us to take a look over the past...
by Robin | Aug 3, 2010 | Family, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal, Photos, Southern, y'all, Travel, When art imitates life
I love my hometown; though it was never as small, it’s Mayberry to me. A few weeks ago I went back to celebrate my niece’s first birthday. Since my parents aren’t living, it’s not a trip I make often enough. Walking though Five Points, I...
by Robin | Jun 15, 2010 | Family Traditions, Favorite things, God's Country, Kiawah Island, Nature, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal, Southern, y'all, Travel
{Note: This is one time you'll want to click pictures to supersize them!In this case, bigger is better!!} The mecca of our family's summer pilgrimage is more than sand and sea… It's where the wild things are. The only high rises are Live Oaks older...
by Robin | Jul 23, 2009 | Favorite things, Nostalgia, Personal
Scent-memory can transport me to a time and place in history at the speed of inhale. The smell of July's heat on a pine needle blanket…to years of Summer camp. Mothballs…to my grandmother's cedar closet. Estee Lauder Youth Dew perfume…to high...