by Robin | Aug 9, 2023 | Faith and Family, Writing
Three years ago, I got it into my head that what our dining room needed was wallpaper. So I googled orange (I know…right?), and the world opened up to me. Not so, said Hubby, who closed his eyes and his wallet. “Let’s take some measurements and estimate the cost.”...
by Robin | Jan 16, 2021 | Faith and Family, Writing, Feeding the Family, Uncategorized
Our Oscar is one of the most particular dogs I know, especially when it comes to food. He had to try several dog food brands ranging from ridiculous to reasonable before he finally “agreed” to one. My parents are raising his brother, Michael. He hasn’t met a treat he...
by Robin | Dec 12, 2020 | Faith and Family, Writing
Right before Thanksgiving, Mama told me she had loved my grandmother well. Not merely a lot, but well. “I cried at her funeral, but I didn’t break down,” she said. “I knew I had done everything I could for her while she was alive.” Now, I know how much she misses my...
by Robin | Sep 30, 2020 | Writing, Uncategorized
If you look closely—as in turn the photo upside down and squint for ten minutes—you might detect what it took us eighteen laps to spot: a hill. And of course, the moment we laid eyes on it on our fifth day of walking, we felt it. Immediately. Our thighs started to...
by Robin | Apr 8, 2020 | Faith and Family, Homeschooling, Writing, Feeding the Family
If we’re connected on Instagram, you might have seen the video of a bee I posted last week. Hubby and I had moved our inside life to the outside, and I called myself working. Really, I was just holding my laptop because my mind was on everything but work. Distracted...
by Robin | Mar 6, 2020 | Faith and Family, Writing
When Songbird came along, Crusader didn’t suddenly start wearing suits and cooking his own breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nope. He kept doing his baby thing, becoming what my Grandma Vi used to call my “knee baby,” basically moving from my arms to my lap so I could...
