John Robinson

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Dream Machine

Best I can figure, I’ve been using the same alarm clock since about 1982. The same one, just about every night since then. Huh. It’s one of those common old...

Walking With Friends – Through Chemo and Beyond

It’s 6:00 AM, pitch dark and cold. I’m in front of my house stretching my...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Walking With Friends – Through Chemo and Beyond

It’s 6:00 AM, pitch dark and cold. I’m in front of my house stretching my...

Playing on The Railroad Tracks

My Aunt Flip and Uncle Walter lived in a small white frame house right smack...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Many Joys of Backyard Picnicking

In the warmer months we ate dinner on the picnic table in our backyard almost...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: A Glimpse Into Dreamworld

I’m talking to an acquaintance I haven’t seen or even thought of in ages about a skateboard sailboat that I’m designing. I’m going into...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Doc Jones and Dental Anatomy Class

“Note to incoming dental students: You are expected to collect a quantity of extracted teeth from your local practitioners for use in Dental Anatomy...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Chemotherapy: What’s it All About, Anyway?

It really was not part of my ambition to get Diffuse Large B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, but I sure did. It's a kind of cancer...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Dish-washing In The Good Life

The water is getting hot. I cease rinsing the bowls and deftly plop the strainer plug into place. I squirt a certain amount of...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Just Strolling The Neighborhood

The hippie-dressed girl with long, wavy hair sways with the music as she folds her laundry. Earbuds in place, and framed in the plate...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Another Miserable Hike with James

     “Looks good, James. You first!” We’re facing a shallow sea of cold muddy water. We’ve just hiked down off of Kelly's Knob to...