Poblano, Potato, & Corn Stew (Recipe)
This is satisfyingly delicious, and since I got the recipe from the Blue Zone Kitchen Cookbook shown below from folks who live to over 100, I can say it’s healthy too.
Polly Castor
I Was Interviewed in this Magazine About Mental Health
I was interviewed by St. Louis’ Gateway to Dreams magazine Be the Change edition about a spiritual approach to mental health and healing.
Earth Day Thought from Ron Garan
After spending 178 days aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Ron Garan returned to Earth carrying something far heavier than space equipment or mission data.
Stablish, Strengthen, and Settle You (New Abstract Pastel Painting)
The title of this conceptual painting is a quote from a snippet I like from the King James version of the Bible in I Peter 5:10. Don’t we all want that?
Our Weeping Cherry Tree (Photos)
My parents gave us this tree as a housewarming present 35 years ago. It is going strong and is such a lovely addition to our life!
Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Journal
I’ve started in a new journal, having filled several before, and I’m really liking this new green one, since the paper is thicker and whiter.
Swordfish Marinade (Recipe)
This is delicious, and quick and easy to do with pantry ingredients. This makes two servings but can be multiplied for more.
Spring Pointillism (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
Dotted buds, tight fisted but yielding; scattered pecks of blossoms on trees; efflorescent dabs of white or blush pink done with a vigorous, percussive hand
Dancing Seed Pods (New Abstract Painting in Pastel)
I’ve been brewing and marinating on this idea since the fall when I did my painting titled “Bracken” (see here), and I finally took the time to do it. I love the result, with its overall complexity, intense color, and the strong swirling design of the pods.
Stone Yard Devotional (Book Review)
This book is desolate and rather devastating. This is not so much a recommendation as a review; it is me needing to talk about it, not you needing to read it.
Commemoration of Yom HaShoah
Commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust observance) matters because it forces Jews and Christians alike to confront what happens when hatred is allowed to grow unchecked and when human being stop seeing one another as bearers of dignity.
I’m in this Connecticut Women Artists Juried Show 2026
I’m pleased to be in this juried show with Connecticut women, and that they used my image (shown first below) as their promotion for their opening reception, which was last Saturday.
How I go to the Woods (Poem by Mary Oliver)
Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore
unsuitable.
Peter Joyce (Featured Artist)
I like Peter Joyce’s artwork, even though it has less value contract than I prefer. He makes me want to use more white tones in my paintings, which I definitely don’t usually gravitate to.
Holy Envy (Book Review)
This is written by a former Religion 101 professor about how teaching college kids about the diversity of world religions really help her admire parts of each of them.
April Hope (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Devastation recedes as compassion surges, while blooms ever so silently unfold, unnoticeable, until flagrantly and gorgeously displayed.
On Becoming a Good Instrument (Quote by Cecil Touchon)
The task is not to force meaning into the world. The task is to become a clear place where meaning can take form.