Category: Mindfulness
Happy New Year! The Sun has Set on 2022 and Risen on 2023
It’s a bright, shiny new year. What will we do with it? Instead of resolutions for New Year’s, a focus word (or two).
The Randomness of You, the Randomness of Me – It’s a Gestalt Thing
It started out with cooking and recipes as the Glover Gardens Cookbook and grew into something else, something more, something unexpected.
Poem and Pictures: A Bench is Waiting
A bench is an invitation to become one with it for a while, to sit and be still in your surroundings, and let nature and the world flow around you.
We’re All Coping With So Many Collective Traumas Right Now
Cascading collective trauma is the term for what we’re experiencing as we endure seemingly never-ending external events and tragedies.
The Call of the Wild, On the Walk
Walking is like a photosynthesis activity for us, an absorption of what’s out there to help us grow and stay healthy within, and also a process of shedding mental toxins.
Sunsets Make Me Happy (Hour)
Musings about why we appreciate sunsets, a recipe for a refreshing Chambord and rosé cocktail, and a haiku.
A holiday break…and now it’s a new year
Sometimes I realize I’m distracted by the myriad of data and news and trivia (oh my!) that worm their way into my consciousness and need a break from all that external stimuli.
Peaceful in Mississippi
Just Connect, Just Love, Just Accept, Just Listen
Sometimes, people die because they feel “less than”; they die because they think they’re alone. They think they’re the only ones crying in the night, because they’re crying alone and don’t feel safe enough to talk about it. We. Have. To Talk. About. It.
Take a Break for Nature Therapy, from a Colorado Photo Safari
These images are from a photo safari I undertook this week in Jefferson, Colorado, in between intense empathy and hand-wringing.
Dandelion Meditations (and a haiku)
I’m fascinated by the dandelion; such a temporal thing it is. Transient, and yet tenacious, it grows, blooms, morphs, and flies away, above the fray, to plant seeds (and a new life) somewhere else.
Comforting Words on Labor Day for All That Labor and are Heavy-laden
Today, on Labor Day, I’m thinking of the many people I know who are laboring or heavy-laden, and I pray for them to find respite, peace, healing, comfort and support.
Glover Gardens is Back! We Decided to Get On Up and Get Outside
The Glover Gardens blog is back after a hiatus, sharing the positive outcome after we decided to Get On Up.
The Living Hope of Easter
Our fence posts seemed to be a set of crosses with a message: Spring is here, the tomb is empty, and resurrection, rebirth and new growth are real.
Hurry Up and Wait
We’re all waiting for the day when friends can once again be greeted with a bear hug.
Never Doubt That One Person Can Absolutely, Positively Make a Difference
Each of us has the opportunity to positively impact others by the way we live and act on our values.
More Birds Bring More Happiness, According to Science (Thank God, this is exactly what we need)
A pair of new studies show how birds improve our wellbeing, adding to a growing body of evidence that avians are an antidote to our despair.