John Robinson
JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Magic of Merlin
It’s technological genius. It’s revolutionary. Its a game changer. It’s Merlin the bird identification app on my phone. Created by the ornithologists, the bird brains, of the Cornell University...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Dream Machine
Best I can figure, I’ve been using the same alarm clock since about 1982. The...
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...
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: Lessons and Inspiration From My Nieces and Nephews
Ok, so I don't have any grandchildren, even though I am certainly old enough to be a granddad. Perhaps before long I will reach...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: No Blues For Memphis
“That's the largest free-standing elevator in the world,” a local proudly points out. “Higher than the Statue of Liberty.”Perhaps it’s easy to amaze me,...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: Running Roanoke’s Seven Summits; Fun for Fools
Descending the rock-strewn trail from our brief visit to the summit of McAfee's Knob, the light from my headlamp is waning big-time; it's fading...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Little Red Volkswagen Bug
It was a 1956 model and one of the first Volkswagens in Roanoke, or so the legend goes. It had been acquired by Garland's...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: Lessons From The “Old Maids”
Miss Annie worked for my dad as a dental assistant for many years. She was quite a bit older than him, and she in...
JOHNNY ROBINSON: Forgotten Farmsteads
The rock piles are the first things I notice that tell me I'm in the vicinity of an old farmstead. They're made of stones...