We’re finally back at Little House in the Rockies, taking some vacation time to enjoy the gorgeous fall weather at our little cabin in central Colorado.

Ba-dee-ya, y’all – Happy Earth, Wind and Fire Day! They are on the list of tiny things that make me immediately (and ridiculously) happy. Check out the list in pictures, and a September video.

Everyone touches the world in their own way. Making my own tiny imprint through this blog, I need to balance the dark with the light, the yin with the yang. This post and poem are gentle and positive.

I stumbled upon the picture and was reminded how delicious a straightforward but very well-executed pizza can be. I want to go back to Second Bar + Kitchen, post-pandemic.

Everyone touches the world in their own way. Making my own tiny imprint through this blog, I want to write more about the gentle things in life.

Still Life: Seashells with Shellac on a Paper Bag.

A peaceful picture of simple pleasures painted with words and images from a friend in Round Top, Texas.

A “grateful for nature” haiku from Little House in the Rockies, where absolute peace and tranquility abound.

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.

Café Louise provides a warm-me-up on a super-cold Paris first Sunday after a power walk from the Arch de Triomphe to St. Germain.

A rare evening alone spawns a special nacho dinner to pair with a Masterpiece Hercule Poirot (by Agatha Christie) story.

The Grill-Meister and I celebrate our 9th anniversary tomorrow; Glover Gardens was “born” on the summer solstice in 2008. I was just looking at pictures  from that wonderful weekend of wedding events and saw a photo of the simple daisies that were the decorations at…

This rough little poem came spilling out of me as I thought of those halcyon sand-ridden childhood days and so many memories flooded in. Everything seemed so safe, so permanent, so lively-lovely in our tiny town of 600, Gilchrist, Texas.

Beautiful images from Montmartre in Paris.

Best sentence I heard all day,  maybe even all week, from a peer at another company, one of the funniest and liveliest people I know: I’m going to be all patios and tacos this weekend. She’s got the right idea – let the weekend begin!

This vintage Krups juicer is the go-to for getting every last drop of citrus juice. It has powered many a margarita.

No story, no haiku, no poignant memories, just a photo this time of a peaceful and sunlit breakfast at the Houstonian Hotel.

Radishes with pesto-butter and sea salt are a garlicky-good appetizer.

Summer stayed with us well into September this year, releasing its stranglehold just this last week and enabling an enjoyable evening of wine and fruit by the pool here at Glover Gardens.  The hibiscus and roses are still blooming, but the leaves have begun to…