John 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 stiff limbs. The random clothes I’ve slipped on are lit up by the headlights...
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...
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...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: More Than Just Walking to School
Today there's a train blocking my path.
I’ve been moving lightly on foot along the worn trail, two text books and two spiral notebooks tucked...
