by Robin | Jun 20, 2011 | Favorite things, Food and Drink, Gratitude, Health, Inspiring, Nutrition, One Thousand Gifts, Personal
It's an achievable thing for my Bucket List–cultivating my own vegetable garden; but my cowboy father-on-law insists it will cost me exponentially more to grow my own. That, and a 90% shaded yard, are healthy deterrents. So until something...
by Robin | Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I wrote about how excited I was to have a "reason" to use my darling soup plates I've had for years but have used only once; Amber, The Runamuck, encouraged her readers to celebrate "friendship" by hosting a "Sister...
by Robin | Aug 18, 2009 | Food and Drink, Recipes
This quite possibly could be: The easiest dessert in the world to make. The best dessert in the world to eat. A crowd pleaser EVERY time. A substitute for birthday cake (if you're my youngest son, per his request). To prove #1 above, I offer the recipe: I...
by Robin | Jul 4, 2009 | Family, Food and Drink, Fourth of July, Personal, Photos
Ai yi yi…once again I’m thinkin’, “BlogHer chose THIS for my post in its ad rotation? Why couldn’t it be my post to me or about my very heart l? I’m all about this piccha, but I sure would love for you to think along side...
by Robin | Jun 15, 2009 | Family, Favorite things, Food and Drink, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Parenting, Personal, Southern, y'all
Blood and marriage are reason enough to gather on the hottest day of the year to celebrate family, for no other reason than that. It's the Southern Way. On a canvas of conversation broad-stroked with laughter, the fizzy flit of flies joins a threatening...