Join the Fun: Gulfport Mardi Gras Parade Highlights
A pictorial celebration of the joyful and festive coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras vibe: Gulfport’s family-friendly daytime parade brought zero debauchery and maximum delight.
Category: Mississippi
Just Peaceful, Just Birds, Just a New Year – Redux
Perhaps our celebration of each new year is a collective symbol of hopefulness, the idea that we can change, evolve and improve.
New Year’s Eve at Gumbo Cove
What’s on the menu at Gumbo Cove for New Year’s Eve 2025: a shrimp boil and focaccia.
Late December Light and Seagulls, Plus a Gratitude Haiku
Feeding seagulls and feasting our eyes on pastel sunsets in late December light is soul-nourishing.
Baked (Not Fried) Green Tomatoes, the Zippy Cajun Way
A Glover Gardens take on a Southern summer classic
Old Hat, New Hat: Childhood Beach Bonds Remain
A story of a hat and a shared sense of identity borne of innocent and playful times spent with friends while growing up at the beach.
Just Peaceful, Just Birds, Just a New Year
An open reflection in prose form on the hopefulness factor of celebrating the new year, illustrated by numerous species of shorebirds with a seemingly collective sense of peace and purpose.
Winter Solstice and Vast Lustrous Skies Beg for Poetry
The sky in Bay St. Louis is luminous, intoxicating, and just can’t take a bad photo, so I wrote a haiku to honor it.
Finding My Way Back to Watermelon Love
A lifetime of taste aversion to watermelon was vanquished with a Watermelon Salad. Sweet Baby Juiciness, that fruit is delectable!
Who needs fireworks when you’ve got sunsets and peeps?
A fiery sunset beats a fireworks display any day.
Who Cares if Niagara Falls When We are Side by Side?
Seagulls recall a jazz standard, Side by Side, and the Glovers of Glover Gardens had an anniversary.
We’re Not Crabby, We’re Happy!
Crabs caught just off our dock at Gumbo Cove were perfectly satisfying and reminiscent of my childhood at the beach in Gilchrist, TX.
Sunsets Make Me Happy (Hour): Bayou Sunset Cocktail
Musings about why we appreciate sunsets, a recipe for a refreshing Chambord and rosé cocktail, and a haiku.
The Twilight’s Last Gleaming and a Silly July 4 Poem
We are having a very chill Independence Day, summed up in a simple rhyme.
Hurry Up and Wait
We’re all waiting for the day when friends can once again be greeted with a bear hug.
Still Life: Redfish in Orange Basket
Hurricane Zeta is behind us, the new roof is going on and Kimball’s is back where it belongs. It’s the little things.
What’s Better Than a “Sand-a-Claus”?
Wishing you all more whimsy than ‘grimsy’ during this crazy winter of pandemic…. stay safe, everyone, and enjoy those small moments.
It was a Mud Bath, a Mud-Slinging Mess!
When a hurricane storm surge happens at Gumbo Cove, the water roars in from the Gulf and goes back out eventually, but leaves behind an unwelcome calling card: canal mud.
