by Robin Sparks | Mar 27, 2005 | Blog
I’ve been asked about where I am and what I’m doing so many times in the past few weeks, that I decided it was time for another blog.
by Robin Sparks | Mar 1, 2005 | Blog, Published Articles, Travel, Uncategorized
This article was inadvertently omitted when we changed website templates a few years ago. It belongs in the archived 2005 blog folder and should come after Fear & Loathing in Forgaleza Part 1. Until I sort out how to put it in its proper place, enjoy. “A...
by Robin Sparks | Feb 17, 2005 | Blog
Let’s make it a requirement for North American highschool students to study abroad for one year. Education is more than the acquisition of skills – it is exposure to different ways of being and the development of a worldview – a type of learning not...
by Robin Sparks | Feb 17, 2005 | Blog
Five years ago I ended up in San Francisco just 40 miles from where I’d been born. The City By the Bay was to be the nest from which I would take exploratory flights in search of a nifty nest abroad. Oh, but how I dug my talons in, trying with all my might to...
by Robin Sparks | Jan 8, 2005 | Blog
Life is short and we have not too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind. Henry Frederic Amiel – 1885 (thanks to Rose for this, and welcome back from...
by Robin Sparks | Jan 6, 2005 | Blog
The next door neighbor in my new Noe Valley (SF neighborhood) digs, tapes a different quote in his window every morning. Here is today’s and my favorite: IF YOU WANT A LIFE CHANGE… 1. Do it immediately. 2. Do it flamboyantly. 3. No exceptions! OK,...