Posts by Robyn

5 days ago
5 min

Coronalone: Week 33- Home “Alone-er”

"Let’s love each other from a distance, letting that distance be a symbol of our compassion and concern for one another..."

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Robyn Piper

Nov 5
3 min

Coronalone: Week 32: Memo to Myself

“Memo to myself: Do the dumb things I gotta do. (Touch the puppet head.)”

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Robyn Piper

Oct 27
3 min

Coronalone: Weeks 29-31- She’s Gone

"...as Leonard Cohen said, 'There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.'”

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Coronalone: Week 28- You Can’t Solve an Algebra Equation by Chewing Bubblegum

Robyn Piper

Oct 7
3 min

Coronalone: Week 28- You Can’t Solve an Algebra Equation by Chewing Bubblegum

"It is an unavoidable, deeply personal, transformational experience, and no one else will ever experience it exactly the way you have."

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Robyn Piper

Sep 29
4 min

Coronalone: Week 27- Who Am I To Argue?

"...who am I to argue? The story seems to know what needs to be said. Apparently, it knows that someone needs to hear it."

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Robyn Piper

Sep 21
4 min

Coronalone: Week 25 - Happy Accidents

"...the course of renovation never did run smooth, to paraphrase a rather famous Brit..."

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Coronalone: Week 24 – Waiting For The Piano To Fall

Robyn Piper

Sep 11
4 min

Coronalone: Week 24 – Waiting For The Piano To Fall

...we are all just one cartoon piano away from catastrophe.

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Coronalone: Week 23 - Silencing the Inner Critic

Robyn Piper

Sep 8
4 min

Coronalone: Week 23 - Silencing the Inner Critic

It is amazing how dramatically our physicality can affect our psychology.

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Coronalone: Week 22 – I Don’t Wanna Be A Vector

Robyn Piper

Aug 27
4 min

Coronalone: Week 22 – I Don’t Wanna Be A Vector

Trust us. We know a little about luxury vs. necessity, having lived for nearly two decades without running water at the cottage.

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Coronalone: Week 21 – Spiders and Bats and Bears… Oh, My!

Robyn Piper

Aug 20
6 min

Coronalone: Week 21 – Spiders and Bats and Bears… Oh, My!

Whoever or whatever is indeed behind it all, I’d just like to thank you… and say, “I can’t believe I live here”.

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Coronalone: Weeks 19 & 20 – The Summer That Wasn’t

Robyn Piper

Aug 17
3 min

Coronalone: Weeks 19 & 20 – The Summer That Wasn’t

For me, I think the summer of 2020 will always be “the summer that wasn’t”.

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Coronalone: Week 18 – On Silver-Lined Clouds

Robyn Piper

Aug 12
4 min

Coronalone: Week 18 – On Silver-Lined Clouds

Once you know how you tend to react to things, you can decide whether you’d like to change those reactions.

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Coronalone: Week 17 - The Meaning of Life... and Blueberries

Robyn Piper

Jul 28
5 min

Coronalone: Week 17 - The Meaning of Life... and Blueberries

"We are all worthy of love and care, so make sure you share a little with yourself."

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Coronalone: Week 16 - In Which We Discuss Bugs in our Ears, and Voices in our Heads

Robyn Piper

Jul 23
4 min

Coronalone: Week 16 - In Which We Discuss Bugs in our Ears, and Voices in our Heads

If I want my writing to be authentic, then I am going to have to allow some of these less-than-sunshiny moments to guide my (virtual) pen.

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Coronalone: Week 15 - Where There's A Will, There's A Way

Robyn Piper

Jul 9
7 min

Coronalone: Week 15 - Where There's A Will, There's A Way

Cell phones, the internet, apps like Facebook and Zoom: These are all simply tools that facilitate the connection between human beings.

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Coronalone: Week 14 - Take A Deep Breath and Eat Some Broccoli

Robyn Piper

Jul 3
5 min

Coronalone: Week 14 - Take A Deep Breath and Eat Some Broccoli

Get ready to gasp: I’ve uninstalled Facebook and Messenger from my phone. I know, I know, it seems drastic...

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Coronalone: Weeks 12 & 13: A Double Feature

Robyn Piper

Jun 25
2 min

Coronalone: Weeks 12 & 13: A Double Feature

“You don’t know ‘til you know”, as they say, and sometimes we are blindest to our own struggles.

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Coronalone: Week 11 (Numbers 8-10 skipped for accuracy)

Robyn Piper

Jun 12
2 min

Coronalone: Week 11 (Numbers 8-10 skipped for accuracy)

Perhaps all of this chaos and upheaval could really be the labor pains of a new and more compassionate, fair, and equitable America?

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Robyn Piper

May 22
4 min

Coronalone: Week 7- On Death and Dying

Physical distance need not be emotional distance. Express your love. Be vocal. We only have today, because tomorrow is never promised.

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Coronalone: Week 5- Pants Recommended, Bra Optional

Robyn Piper

May 3
4 min

Coronalone: Week 5- Pants Recommended, Bra Optional

Even in the darkest night, we must search for that little spark to remind us that light will come again.

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