A humble little poem welcoming spring’s call.

Reconstructing Grandpa in the museum of my heart – a poem in memory of an amazing man, Thomas Carlyle Holt.

I have never said this in a public forum: my brother’s untimely death four years ago was a suicide. Hear my plea: if you’re hurting, please tell someone.

a free verse remembrance for an amazing man

Image poetry: girl on the beach in repose knows, she simply knows Copyright 2017, Glover Gardens Cookbook

Haiku for air travel.

My review of Haiku Mind: what i thought i knew how to view and feel and say i knew not at all If you are into haiku, this book is for you. It is a book of haiku while at the same time being a […]

A tiny tree in a Colorado forest inspires a haiku.

A tale of a chili cook-off fundraiser in a tiny Texas town, two friends, five gallons of spilled chili, dozens of kind people and a chance meeting with the governor.

I am in love with our little cabin in central Colorado.  “Little House in the Rockies” inspires me to create recipes, snap photos, write essays, poems and haiku, birdwatch…in general, to revel in nature and absorb its beauty and regenerative spirit. Here’s one from a […]

Cat haiku and pictures, because the world doesn’t have enough. So I give you: Godfrey in repose.

Haiku about autumn in Southeast Texas – the flowers are still blooming although the leaves are falling.

A haiku about that wonderful feeling of expectation and adventure when you travel by air.

Birthday-inspired haiku.

My neighbor is a smart and funny Southern woman, a successful writer of romantic and teen fiction, a devoted wife, mother and friend, and a wonderful hostess.  She also makes the best pound cake I’ve ever eaten. Christie recently served her homemade sour cream pound cake at […]

Why, why, why is hospital food sooooo bad??? Why do they feed patients high-fat/high-sugar dishes?