Fostering a new renaissance through creativity, authenticity, spirituality, and art
Polly Castor 
It is eleven degrees below zero today, and this makes a heart warming meal that is a bit spicy, but sure to satisfy. It is quick to make, but get all the ingredients together before you start, as the process goes fast.
Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. The point is, to live everything.
More sabbath snow yet again
canceling church once more
so our most recent amaryllis
is only able to flaunt its glory for us
as we hunker down blanketed in white
while the scrape of snowplows lumber past.
We are sorry to be done with the four seasons of this BBC period costume drama that was aired between 2009 and 2013. We watched it recently on Amazon Prime instant streaming at the recommendation of a homeschooling friend, and we are so glad we did! We loved it and highly recommend it.
Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist; it should furnish you with an original spirit with which to tackle the big challenges…
Books about war are not my favorite genre, so it took a book club to get me to read this one about World War II. We had a great discussion about it this evening.
For this month, in my project of contemplating and growing in one attribute of Spirit at a time, I have been concentrating on being spiritually-minded.
This is good, and even our teenager liked it, who doesn’t think she likes cooked spinach. She told me to make it again!
We’ve had a very snowy season here… most Monday and Tuesday activities have been cancelled since New Years. I have only been to the pottery studio twice since the holidays, since Tuesday mornings have so often been impassable.
Please know you are loved! I love each and every one of you and God does too!
We had a nice small celebration for our youngest turning 18, as you can see in the photos below.
I really enjoyed this light book about a young woman with an amazingly discerning palate. She can taste anything and tell you what is in it and what it needs.
I’ve wanted to paint this since taking a photo of this scene of ice and fog early one fall day along the Housatonic river.
Imagine a dark room
behind a closed door
but the hall light is on
and when you open the door…
This bag has been on the knitting needles for probably two years, much of the last of that time languishing in my knitting bag completed but not assembled and shrunk. I am delighted to have recently put it together, and we shrank it last Friday.
I’ve been here for lunch a few times in the past, and every time it was memorably terrific, so I chose this location for my birthday dinner. The three of us had a great time and our meals were remarkably delicious.
