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Love a Dynamic Process (Quote by Maria Popova)
By Polly Castor on December 12, 2025Read moreLove is simply the breadth of the aperture through which you let in the reality of another and the...
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The Comforts of Pure Love (New Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on December 11, 2025Read moreLove is comfortable and comforting, supportive, warm, exciting, fun, and divine. What a delightful thing to paint!

Roasted Boursin Mashed Potatoes (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on December 10, 2025Read moreI happen to love regular mashed potatoes, but if you want to jazz it up for company or the...

Henrik Simonsen (Featured Artist)
By Polly Castor on December 9, 2025Read moreThese paintings by Scandinavian artist Henrik Simonsen are evocative of places I've been, while still being abstract, experimental, and...

Buckeye (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on December 8, 2025Read moreBuckeye is a long, sweep of a book, taking place between two families in a small town in Ohio...

Call to Action (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on December 7, 2025Read moreLet your feelings of inadequacy melt into adrenaline-charged obedience. Your convulsive little ego must not be given reign.

Listen (Quote by Bob Herbert)
By Polly Castor on December 6, 2025Read moreThat’s when your best thoughts take hold, and you become really you.

Thank You for Coming to See my One Woman Show!
By Polly Castor on December 5, 2025Read moreI am so very grateful to the Meetinghouse for hosting the show, and for all those that made the...

Bracken (New Large Painting in Acrylic)
By Polly Castor on December 4, 2025Read moreI've been looking closely at the brambled thickets and bracken here in the late fall.

Run with the Horses (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on December 3, 2025Read moreIt might make you want to be in a more constant relationship with God, in troubling times.

Giving Tuesday: Biannual Request for Donations
By Polly Castor on December 2, 2025Read moreThose of you new to this site may not know that it is crowd funded.

Thanksgiving Photos 2025 (with Recipe Links)
By Polly Castor on December 1, 2025Read moreWe had a lovely holiday weekend with our younger daughter visiting, as well a Texas cousin who is studying...
