I heard a rumor that The Tampa Tribune has a new columnist.
Before you roll your eyes or start picturing a leftist rant that resembles something Stalin might read, hold up! This has nothing to do with religion or politics or my inability to properly fold clothes. My new column, aptly titled “View from the Hill” is about all the funny and frustrating things that start happening [...]
Would you rather sit through a root canal or family portrait?
Siblings and I were recently in the same five-mile radius for more than ten minutes. Sister thought it might be fun to commemorate the event with family portraits. At first, I kept thinking, “It’s hard enough to get us all together, you want us to invade each other’s personal space, look in the same direction [...]
I’m a sap.
Fifteen years ago, I was a tough business woman and political activist living in Boston. I refused to wear pantyhose or listen to love songs on the radio. Now I get weepy at Wal-Mart commercials. What happened to me? I’ll tell you what happened to me. The doctors removed two children from my uterus and [...]
I know what kind of day I’m going to have before 7am
My children are genuine harbingers. How they behave in the morning tells me what kind of day to expect. I’d book them on talk shows or sell them to NBC executives, but my mom would never speak to me or make Eggplant Parmesan again. I’m better off thinking positive thoughts and hoping for at least [...]
Immunize me or you’ll catch it too
Aren’t new parents funny? They finally get their beautiful and fresh-smelling bundle of joy to sleep, go online to brag about Apgar scores with 500 of their closest Facebook friends, and advocate some of the most bizarre and mind-baffling ideas since the womb song. Believe me, I’m only a drunken evening and missed period away [...]
Happiness is having a large and loving family that lives in another town
Mom always said she wanted her kids to live nearby, even on the same street. Several times this past week, with my siblings under her roof with their own children, I looked at her and yelled, above the deafening hum of Dad’s toy train speeding around the track, Champagne Supernova at full volume on someone’s [...]
My new Tampa Tribune column starts Saturday
Find it in the 4you section related to health and fitness. If you just spit out your coffee or Chai tea, wondering what a 40 year-old mother of two with a scary cervix and industrial strength undergarments knows about health and fitness, you are not alone. I wondered the same thing. Perhaps the fact that [...]
When family comes together, why do I suddenly fall apart?
This past weekend in North Tampa, if you listened carefully, you could hear animals whimpering the way they do when a hurricane is coming or when a tree is about to fall on their head or when several generations crowd themselves into a 3 bedroom/2 bath, 1800 square-foot house in the name of family togetherness. [...]
More prune juice, please.
“Good God, why is Mommy shouting from the bathroom?” For the second time in two months, my hemoglobin is down. The numbers aren’t quite as low as NBC’s ratings, but still, we’re concerned. My doctor says this is common among pre-menopausal women. “You know what else is common?” I snapped, “required medication for women who [...]
Ten years of two
I did something the other day I swore I’d never do. No, I’m not talking about voting Republican or driving through downtown Gainesville. I’m talking about something truly embarrassing and unworthy of a former punk queen who hung out in Ybor City before they installed street lights. I put together 77 of my children’s photos [...]
Catherine Durkin Robinson
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she’s crafty
