Motherhood never threatens to pull out my strongest emotions: overwhelming love, joy, gratitude as well as irrational fear, angst and anger.
Occasionally, when my three year-old is tired but refuses a nap, I want to lock her in her bedroom. Five minute is all I need. (Unfortunately and fortunately, our bedroom [...]
I sat down at my computer to work on something else, but I couldn’t focus because it’s New Year’s Eve and the ritualistic side of me wants to make resolutions.
What I don’t want to do is recap the previous year. I briefly considered doing one of those “Best of 2012″ [...]
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Sometimes, the hardest part about Christmas is knowing when to stop. Though I bought enough presents, I didn’t buy (nearly) everything I wanted to.
I think it’s good to draw a line and stay there. Mine happened five days before Christmas. A dollar amount, a number of packages, perhaps a limit that leaves them wanting. [...]

It started like so many things start. On the internet, from this pin. I saved up the wine bottles like a kid saves quarters, I bought the white primer, I had the tacky spray and the epsom salts.
I love my winter table not because it’s perfect or magazine-worthy, but because I thrifted [...]
(The weird hanging things are cheese-cloth spider webs that looked better in real life. Thank you, Martha.)
When I remember that this is only the beginning of my [...]

I spent the fourth of July first sailing with my family in the sunshine, and later gaping at the fireworks shooting out of my neighborhood like mushrooms rising from a soft patch of fertile earth. They were everywhere.
The best part? A certain two year old, who isn’t known for sleeping through anything, slumbered through [...]

Easter was charged with the atmosphere of rebirth and new beginnings. Anything can happen in the springtime. The weather was perfect, the egg hunts were exciting, the food was indulgent, the company was delightful, the children were precious.
I wore the same dress as last year, a brown silk piece [...]

Today, may you receive messages of love; perhaps in the form of a kiss or a card or an email or a text or even social media.
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May you know that true love never ends.
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May you celebrate with flowers and [...]
My name is Lucy Miller Robinson and my blog is a love letter to the bohemian spirit. I am a mother, a writer and a creator. I love books, nature, art, music, yoga, slow food and maybe you. I make artisanal and medicinal teas for my business, Herbal Philosophy. I write novels and short fiction and poetry. I strive for balance, mindfulness and gratitude.
Want to get in touch? Email me at lucy {at} lucilleinthesky.
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