Bits and Clips for March 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, or motivates you.
Month: March 2026
Sourdough Everything Crackers (Recipe)
These are amazingly good, and have eclipsed anything I’d ever want to buy at the store. They are cheesy and full bodied in flavor, easy to make and downright fabulous.
Be Transparent (Quote by Joan Halifax)
All too often our so-called strength comes from fear, not love. Instead of having a strong back, many of us have a defended front, shielding a weak spine. In other words,
Prayer for No Kings Rallies with Bits and Clips of Concern
May our love of each other and our earth bring peace to our country and our planet, health to our systems, guardrails to our public officials, and liberty and justice to all.
Easy Homemade Caesar Dressing (Recipe)
Sometimes you want a Caesar dressing that doesn’t have an egg or anchovies in it, even though I love it that way. This dressing is really easy and relies pretty heavily on good parmesan.
Spring’s Heartbeat (New Pastel Painting)
Isn’t spring palpable, so pulsing with life? This painting tries to capture that nascent emergence out of dormancy.
The Spellshop (Book Review)
The Spellshop is a great diversion, and it was perfect as a “palette cleanser” between other books that promise greater edification. You might find that you enjoy the reprieve too.
Defining Lagom (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Be content in your sufficiency, avoiding any binge or bust cycle, with only tiny conscious moves,
A Tip I Learned from Earnest Hemingway
I find it enormously helpful, especially in long, many-stepped projects, or when there is inconsistent time in which to work.
Manual (Poem by by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)
To pour water over the aloe, the cyclamen, the jade plant, the cactus, this, too, is prayer.
Nonnas (Movie Review)
I love movies about food, family, breaking limitations, second chances, and dreams coming true. This movie is all that, plus it is based on a true story. We really enjoyed it, and I thought you might too.
The Hardest Part of my Job (Polly Answers #19)
Recalibrating (pastel) by Polly Castor What is the hardest part of your job? Since 1997, I’ve held a full-time, public, day job as a Christian Science Practitioner (a spiritual healer), doing art and family in the in-between times. “Day job,” is a misnomer, since I’m on call 24/7, 365 days of the year, regardless that … Read more
Constraint is a Catalyst for Creativity (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Endless possibilities bewilder while narrowed options focus fresh opportunities. Limit yourself to just do a painting
Recent Food Around Here (Photos with Recipe Links)
There are some oft-repeated tried and true recipes here as well as a bunch of recipe-testing on new stuff that is not yet what we call “blog worthy.”
Recent Black and White Photos
These photos have been collected since the beginning of January. I hope you enjoy their value contrasts, composition, light, shadows, shapes, and mood.
Theo of Golden (Book Review)
It is about kindness, about an artist and art appreciation, about deeply listening to others about what is on their heart, encouraging others to see their value, appreciating nature, music, walking, and community, all with Christian overtones.
Reverse our Feeble Flutterings (Spiritual Short #3)
When you do a major overhaul of limiting beliefs, reversing them, you’ll thrive, and be a peace, fulled with joy, and in consonance with the “absolute center and circumference of your being.”