Good Friday Lilies
If Easter lilies are white, perhaps these gorgeous red lilies are Good Friday lilies.
Author: Kim of Glover Gardens
Notre Dame is Not Gone, Just in a Different Form
I wrote the haiku below a couple of years ago, after visiting Notre Dame on a business trip just a few weeks after my Dad died. Like so many people all around the world, I’m heartbroken about today’s fire that so badly damaged this beloved […]
For Your Listening Pleasure: A Conversation About Jazz Composition
UT Jazz Composers: Round Table Discussion
For Dad…National Poetry Month
I’m not on the recommended pace to write a poem each day this month to participate in National Poetry Month, but this one happened in about 30 seconds. There will never be another muse like my Dad. He was a remarkable, wonderful, loving, accepting, listening […]
Date Night: Learning to Make Sushi
The Grill-Meister and I had a rockin’ good time learning to make sushi at a date-night cooking class.
Meta-Jambalaya, Over-Garnished?
If jambalaya is shrimp, sausage, rice and goodies, and you already have it, why not amp it up by adding more sausage and more shrimp? It would be like meta-jambalaya!
Orange Blossom Haiku
The orange tree reminds us that spring is here, even though it is cold and wet.
Time Travel in the Produce Section (a poem)
A vignette in the produce section inspired a poem about dads and daughters.
Help Make a Culinary Dream Come True for a Worthy Teen
My cousin’s kid is a baker with big dreams about the Culinary Institute’s summer camp and a future bakery.
For Your Listening Pleasure, a Jazzy Arrangement of ‘Baby I’
A live big band recording of a jazz take on a pop song – it works! The University of Texas Jazz Orchestra hits a home run with “Baby I”.
Early Morning in ATX During SXSW
An early morning foray into the empty streets of the city as it prepared for another day of a vibrant festival.
Monteith’s Close in Edinburgh Feels Like Home – and Then There’s the Outsider Cocktail
Monteith’s Close on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile really knows how to make you feel like they are glad you’re there. And they have an award-winning bartender who created The Outsider Cocktail.
When it seems like one thing, but it’s actually something else
I thought this picture was about the birds, until I saw the sky.
Score! Creamy, Crunchy, Spicy, Sweet Bacon-Broccoli Salad Snares a Broccoli-Hater
Even a broccoli-hater will eat this salad. Guaranteed. (Hint: it’s the bacon!)
When Food is Art: Exquisite Presentation at Châteauform’s Les prés d’Ecoublay
Food is art! These beautifully arranged culinary exhibits at a workshop in Paris made me feel satisfied before I even took the first bite.
