We are all products of time, place and the Darwinian lottery that selects our parents. Robin is no different. Robin’s parents were not any different.
Robin spent much of youth practicing the piano. She loves music, but she has talked about how she sometimes longed to be outside with other kids. Robin has natural athletic ability, but in the 50s and 60s in the St. Louis enclave of Olivette young ladies were not encouraged in this arena. While her brothers were encouraged to participate in sports she was forgotten.
Robin is short, but very strong physically. She helped me move a while back, and it was all I could do to keep up with her. Continue reading “Robin, One Hot…”