Robin Sparks

An American woman’s global search for a new country

Good Morning Bali

1-14-14 Early morning in Ubud, Bali after a predawn lightening storm and a soft, steady rain and I am so Full. Here. Now. In this moment, in this skin, feeling this heart, sitting outside surrounded by rice paddies, bare feet, wrapped in a sarong, soft tropical air...

An Interview

So much has taken place these past 4 months – in Istanbul an East Meets West wedding and a revolution, in Greece 2 glorious weeks of sailing with friends, and in California up and down the coast reunions with family and new and old friends, meetings with my book...
I Dreamed I Met the Pope

I Dreamed I Met the Pope

Feb. 19, 2013 Nusa Lumbongan, Indonesia I dreamed 5 nights ago that I met the Pope. He was walking down an avenue surrounded by many people. A group of men were with him, bald, wearing vestments. The Pope, kind, soft and warm, approached me and looking me in the eye...