Robin Munson
Stories
- You Can Live With It
Art and I have been watching reality TV shows that depict lots of young couples … Read more - PICTURE PERFECT – NOT!!
This morning as I was wiping the crumbs from the counter for the ten millionth … Read more - Don’t Be So Nice!I was born a “people pleaser”. My mom says that, even when I was a … Read more
- Musicish – A TranslationFor as long as I can remember, music has had a profound effect on me. … Read more
- Labor Day ReflectionsDear Reader, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong century. Domestic bliss comes … Read more
- Lovingkindness Meditation
In these turbulent times, when there is so much political discord and the noise level … Read more - I Want Pockets!I have a problem. Here I am, a grown-ass woman, with all the advantages that … Read more
- PURPLE!Art and I had decided it was time to repaint the front door. Our house … Read more
- ABRACADABRA!It started out innocently enough. Back in the early ‘90s, when I was working as … Read more
- CountryMy husband, Art, was brought up in a small town in Connecticut, and when his … Read more
- Vanishing YouthThe other day, for the first time in a couple of years, I took out … Read more
- SauchaOne of the basic guiding principles of yoga is Saucha. A Sanskrit word, it can … Read more
- The 80% RuleYears ago, when I was taking a yoga teacher training, I remember something my mentor, … Read more
- DOMESTIC DEVIATIONArt and I have had the same CPA for as long as we have been … Read more
- What Can You Do?I am increasingly sad about the state of the world in general. The planet is … Read more
- BORCHINGTo borch (Yiddish origins) is to bitch. To bitch is to moan. To moan is … Read more
- BreakfastLaura stared across the trestle table at Eli. Unaware, Eli was reading the newspaper as … Read more
- CreativityI will preface all of this with a disclaimer so that I can stop saying, … Read more
- Dancing Between The RaindropsA boy and a girl, Henry and Rose, were so much in love, that they … Read more
- Me & George BurnsIt happened so quickly, I didn’t have time to be scared. I remember that I … Read more
- The Second ActSomewhere in my middle sixties, I began to realize that I might be nearing “late … Read more
- Between Iraq and a Hard PlaceMost people who were around at the time remember exactly where they were when they … Read more
- Morning PagesYears ago, when I was going through a dry spell as a songwriter, I stumbled … Read more
- The WarrantyOne of my favorite crackpot theories is my theory of the Warranty. This one came … Read more
- Catalog FantasiesI was leafing through yet another catalog the other day – L.L. Bean? Land’s End? … Read more
- Beware Of Fairy TalesI was thinking about marriage the other day, and thinking about what it is and … Read more
- Romantic LoveA few years ago Art and I rented, “Like Water For Chocolate”, a Latin-American fantasy-realism … Read more
- Ant WarsIt all began on a beautiful day in May. I had fed our kitties outside … Read more
- Take It EasyMy mother taught me never to talk about religion or politics in mixed company. In … Read more
- TeaThere is no problem that can’t be solved over a cup of tea. Art and … Read more
- Change Of HeartArt and I have been married for nearly 34 years, and at this point, I … Read more
- Outlaw HeartWhen I was younger, I lived for about a year in New Mexico – for … Read more
- FEAR OF FLYINGI wasn’t afraid of flying as a child. I can remember our family flying from Pittsburgh … Read more
- TVAs near as I can tell, I was conceived about the same time as television … Read more
- Misfits WelcomeGrowing up a small, pale, Jewish girl in Pittsburgh in the 50s, I was the … Read more
- Hedging Our BetsMusic runs in my family. My father, who had written songs during World War II … Read more
