PinnedVicki RobinThe Great Maw of ConsumerismA friend and I bought the house I live in. It was 2009. A sliver of a moment when the financial system tanked enough that this…6 min read·Oct 31, 2022--1--1
Vicki RobinWhat is love? I asked myself…What is love, the love blind one asked everyone.3 min read·Jan 24, 2023----
Vicki RobinThanksgiving the year we turned 8 billionImagine 8 billion people giving thanks. Not thankful because of Pilgrims or victory in war. Just thankful for being alive. Sunrise. The…2 min read·Nov 29, 2022----
Vicki RobinA lament for AmericaOn the eve of the USA election, I’m reviving this poem from july 4 2021, born of my love/hate relationship with the land of my birth:5 min read·Nov 2, 2022----
Vicki RobinLetters to the editor: climateEvery few weeks I’ll draft a letter to the editor of our island county newspaper. There’s a rhythm to each one. A local angle, and then a…2 min read·Oct 26, 2022----
Vicki RobinThis life is a puzzle that can’t be solvedThere is no solving this, this world of so many scattered pieces, incomplete sentences, and missing information.3 min read·Oct 25, 2022--2--2
Vicki RobinYom Kippur ConfessionalYom Kippur. The sealing of our fate for the year. The humbling of our willful agendas and surrendering to the will of YHWH, or reality. The…4 min read·Sep 16, 2021----
Vicki RobinHow did Little Mary Sunshine turn into … this?What’s the female version of “grumpy old man”?4 min read·Jul 30, 2021----
Vicki RobinHow we survive bullies (in politics and love)I know @realdonaldtrump. Not personally but many many years ago I lived with a bully-man. He was a smart, charismatic, focused and a…6 min read·Oct 7, 2019----
Vicki RobinIs there Hope for the Future?Hope for the future? Big question. If the future looks bleak, do I change or do I just “eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die”? If…8 min read·Mar 15, 2019----