A friend’s vacation state of mind and photo inspired a haiku.

Celebrating kindred spirits, serendipity and Great Blue Herons on the Bolivar Peninsula.

I looked up in NOLA and saw these steeples framed by the traditional NOLA architectural elements of this stately home and a beautiful old oak tree.

Llamas and tractors and pastures, oh my! Another Colorado-inspired nature haiku from Glover Gardens.

I think a group of swans did a performance just for me. As I stood and watched, they changed direction, got in position, and swam by in a line. MUST.WRITE.HAIKU.

A haiku for a happy mountain place that inspires me, restores peace and tranquility and fuels creativity.

Is this little bird thinking what a great day it is to be a bird in the sunshine, in a sanctuary-like environment where the predators wear warning bells and the feeders are always full?

A little boy embodies the concept of mindfulness and simple pleasures with the rainbow wall at Dulles Airport. Adults, not so much.

This beautiful, gentle, tranquil and philosophical poem is rich with imagery, illustrative of the concept and value of mindfulness, and fills me with hope.

Haiku and photo honoring a hungry hummingbird in the cool Colorado August.

Mindfulness at the car wash; a haiku happens.

Haiku about mindfulness and seeking; inspired by a beautiful view of Tarryall Reservoir and a huge Colorado sky.

Youngsters ponder the future by looking to the sea.

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

A nameless poem about living in the moment, and an image that illustrates it.

My looking-at-the-world lens is sharper: realizing the gift of being in the moment through the act of sharing in the blog.

Reposting this beautiful haiku from another blog (link to the original at the bottom). We need a slow pace Take us to that peaceful place No more frantic race This world spins too fast Quickly forgets its own past Nothing seems to last Slow us…