We haven’t even started decorating for the holidays at Glover Gardens yet due to some work travel, but the yard got into the spirit and decorated itself.

In addition to being delicious, these Christmas cookies are easy and to make with kids.

As much as holidays are a time for celebration, they also bring reminders of the past, joyful days with lost loved ones.

Wishing you all more whimsy than ‘grimsy’ during this crazy winter of pandemic…. stay safe, everyone, and enjoy those small moments.

Wishing you all the blessings of the season, and that we can go into 2020 heartfirst with peace and kindness.

Just raving about an annual homemade gift, the BEST baklava ever.

Each year, memories fly out of these treasures like dust motes in the light and gently come to rest on me.

A “dressed up for Christmas” photo of a Sandman from Pass Christian, Mississippi.

This heartfelt, ironic, wry and ultimately sweet poem is worth 3 minutes of your time.  Click on the link below to hear it read aloud. Merry Christmas. E. B. White sends Christmas greetings to uncertified accountants, old men asleep in libraries, and people who think […]

A little Christmas poem from Glover Gardens about sorrow, joy and the Christmas miracle.

An article by Peggy Trowbridge Filippone posted on The Spruce From the Swiss Alps to American suburbs, fondue proves it’s always hip to dip Fondue headlined suburban American theme parties in the 1960s, then pretty quickly fell out of favor, as fads so often do. […]

Decorating a Christmas tree and talking about the ornaments is a family’s oral history. This haiku celebrates the tree.

Gorgeous silver and white dining room decorated for Christmas – even the chandelier!

A December business trip to Glasgow provided a brief opportunity to soak up its food, shopping and culture. It did not disappoint!

Spatchcocked turkey is everything you want in a turkey: moist on the inside, with crispy, savory, mahogany skin on the outside.

On the way to Glasgow – what does Christmas look like there compared to Glover Gardens?

I used to live in a 1920s pier-and-beam wood cottage. It was really fun to dress the old girl up for the holidays. Some of the table-setting tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years are illustrated in the photos from a special holiday dinner when my folks met my inlaws-to-be for the first time.