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Biannual Plea for Blog Donations
By Polly Castor on May 20, 2025Read moreDo you love this colorful, earnest corner of the internet?
00Tuscan Textures (Photos)
By Polly Castor on May 19, 2025Read moreI enjoy collecting images of textures, as well as incorporating some of them in my artwork.
Your Treasure in Heaven (Deep Think #29)
By Polly Castor on May 18, 2025Read moreAs we regularly seek and earnestly treasure only our spiritual status, as God's perfect creation, which is not included...
The Art of Stillness (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on May 17, 2025Read moreMovement makes richest sense when set within a frame of stillness.
Old Age (Quote by Simone de Beauvoi)
By Polly Castor on May 16, 2025Read moreOne’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love,...
Five New Pages In my Quilted Bear Artist Journal
By Polly Castor on May 15, 2025Read moreWhich one do you like best?
Cod Braised in Coconut Milk with Tomatoes and Chickpeas (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on May 14, 2025Read moreThis is heartwarming and mostly made with pantry staples. It also comes together easily and fairly quickly, which is...
Don’t Be a Beached Jellyfish (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on May 13, 2025Read moreSo many are thinking in terms of creative 100 day projects, but how about a lifetime one?
An Outing with Each Daughter (Mother’s Day 2025)
By Polly Castor on May 12, 2025Read moreI'm so fortunate to have these wonderful women in my life.
To My Mother (Poem by Wendall Berry)
By Polly Castor on May 11, 2025Read moreAll is unentangled, and all is undismayed.
Window Shopping in Tuscany
By Polly Castor on May 10, 2025Read moreHere is what I appreciated but didn’t buy...
What We Ate in Tuscany
By Polly Castor on May 9, 2025Read moreI'm so grateful for this culinary experience, and for all those who so graciously prepared this food.