Mahogany Splendor is a beautiful and unique hibiscus variety and we’re trying again after losing ours in the big Texas freeze of 2021.

A simple but delightful recipe for a piquant and savory spread.

Only a few words, in haiku (but not 5-7-5).

Life lessons from embroidery.

Recreation recommendations in Miami from a grad student. Parks, peacocks and foodie-worthy restaurants, oh my!

At long last, pictures of the results of the Glover Gardens Kitchen 2.0 remodel project. It was well worth the wait.

Observations and lessons learned from how we planned, prepped, packed, culled and coped during what we called ‘The Siege’.

A blogging mistake prompts a mea culpa and lessons learned confession.

A family of geese came and went, causing us to worry about predators: gators and eagles and hawks, oh my!

The Grill-Meister made a lovely sandwich to honor my cilantro pesto from the night before.

A quick and easy recipe for cilantro pesto, with 26 ways to use it.

Crabs caught just off our dock at Gumbo Cove were perfectly satisfying and reminiscent of my childhood at the beach in Gilchrist, TX.

While caring for our grandson, I learned (or re-learned) a few things I’d like to share with you, like: “Laughter is contagious. Baby laughter is cathartic.”

Pickles! Whether they’re hot, sweet, spicy, bread-and-butter, gherkin, relish, big dills or tiny cornichons, the pickle pucker is something I appreciate.

Some of the “During” pictures of the Glover Gardens Kitchen 2.0 project, back when we were calling it “The Siege”.

A care package made all the difference when I was stuck in an airport hotel in Norway for almost a week recovering from COVID.

A need to take perfect pictures of the “After” is a barrier to sharing the results of the Glover Gardens Kitchen Remodel.

Avocado toast wasn’t having its best moment when I ordered it on a train recently. But it brought to mind Hitchcock movie scenes from dining cars.

A search for a down-home Indian restaurant in Edinburgh helped me discover a new dish (for me): Kathmandu Chicken Tikka, with lentils. Yum!

One less twirl of the curling iron, one less email, one less change of clothes discarded for being wrong-wrong-wrong – and I’d have caught that 7:27 a.m. train.