by Robin Sparks | Dec 18, 2011 | Blog, Photos, The Best Places In the World, Travel
After I moved to Istanbul in 2006, a Turk named Mehmet told me that one day the European Union would beg Turkey to join. That day may be soon. Turkey is booming in the midst of Europe’s current economic crisis, and Istanbul was recently named by the Financial...
by Robin Sparks | Dec 12, 2011 | Blog, Film Clips, Travel, Uncategorized, Where's Robin now?
Been home less than 24 hours after flying half way around the globe – Turkey to Northern California – in time to get my mother to the doctor for Round #3 chemotherapy treatment. …So grateful for the ability to get around the planet with such speed....
by Robin Sparks | Nov 17, 2011 | Blog, Where's Robin now?
Hey there… Where in the world am I now? Home. Really home. With my parents in Northern California. As you may have surmised from last month’s blog, I am with my mother who is undergoing chemotherapy. With the soundtrack of Bonanaza, Walton Mountain reruns,...
by Robin Sparks | Oct 5, 2011 | Blog
Every now and then I read a blog that makes me want to rise up, fist in the air, and shout, “Yeah!” Like the one below by Danielle LaPorte. Perhaps this particular blog resonated with me tonight because I am finally making good on my promise to write every...
by Robin Sparks | May 2, 2011 | Blog
I recently read an article online called “Parents of the Third Culture: Where to Retire When All the World is Home”. http://www.expatharem.com/2011/04/27/parents-of-the-third-culture-where-to-retire-when-all-the-world-is-home/ It got me thinking....
by Robin Sparks | Jan 11, 2011 | Blog
I was blissfully going through emails in my lumbong across the garden from my house in Bali this morning, when I read a friend’s newsletter. That was the first I heard about the recent “random shooting” in Arizona. I love not being fed the news on a...
