Mara Robbins:  

Mara is from Floyd, Virginia. Mara's schools include Hollins University. Mara later attended Hollins University. Mara works(ed) at Nary Ordinary Business Services, The Jacksonville Center For The Arts, Freelance Writer/editor. Music Mara likes includes Megan Jean and the Klay Family Band, Yarn, Chance McCoy. Books Mara likes include The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Raft, A Boat. Movies Mara likes include Gandhi, HAPPY - A Documentary, Thrive. TV shows Mara likes include Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. One of Mara's favorite quotes is:"To Begin With, the Sweet Grass 1. Will the hungry ox stand in the field and not eat of the sweet grass? Will the owl bite off its own wings? Will the lark forget to lift its body into the air or forget to sing? Will the rivers run upstream? Behold, I say–behold the reliability and the finery and the teachings of this gritty earth gift. 2. Eat bread and understand comfort. Drink water and understand delight. Visit the garden where the scarlet trumpets are opening their bodies for the hummingbirds who are drinking the sweetness, who are thrillingly gluttonous. For one thing leads to another. Soon you will notice how stones shine underfoot. Eventually tides will be the only calendar you believe in. And someone’s face, whom you love, will be as a star both intimate and ultimate, and you will be both heart-shaken and respectful. And you will hear the air itself, like a beloved, whisper: oh, let me, for a while longer, enter the two beautiful bodies of your lungs. 3. The witchery of living is my whole conversation with you, my darlings. All I can tell you is what I know. Look, and look again. This world is not just a little thrill for the eyes. It’s more than bones. ...Expand for more