Year End Personal Assessment Summary 2021
I think it is always helpful to own how you’ve done, both the ways you did well and where you could have done better.
Polly Castor
To the Estranged, the Grieving, the Abused, the Alone, I Hear You
I want to say to those of you out there hurting or isolated at this time: I hear you, and I feel for you.
Books We Got and Gave at Christmas 2021
Did you give or receive any book you are particularly excited by?
Where is God at Christmas (New Poem by Polly Castor)
God is with the pregnant, the humble, the loyal.
Abstract Photo Compositions of the Season’s First Ice
These are more subtle than many that jump out at me, but I appreciated them as value studies as well and shape and texture medleys.
Winter Solstice (New Poem by Polly Castor)
The shortest day of the year teeters and tips on its pivot point toward a blessed season of illumination…
Reading Challenge for 2021 Complete
I read 64 books this year, 12 more than the 52 in this challenge.
Hard Edges and Fiber Art Inspiration (Art by Others)
To not limit your expression to the expectations of peers in your medium, sometimes it is best to look for inspiration in a medium that is not yours!
Stop Resisting Change
Respond and trust, witness every good, be amazed, and let the need to micromanage the human situation go. Relax and enjoy the ride.
James’ Homemade Granola (Recipe)
Everyone loves James’ homemade granola. It is not too sweet, and it doesn’t have coconut.
You Are God’s Gift (New Poem by Polly Castor)
I wish you perpetual cognizance of ever-present infinite good and ongoing heaps of satisfied joy now and forever more.
Two New Small Mixed Media Paintings
My art goals for the next while are to work smaller and try all sorts of new things.
This is Happiness (Book Review)
This is a beautifully eloquent novel, with its poetic, evocative prose, which is sometimes funny, and often highly observant and insightful.