Polly Castor

I work to amplify good wherever I find it. I love color, texture, beauty, great ideas, nature, metaphor, deliciousness, genuine spirituality, and exploring new territory. I encourage authenticity, nurture creativity, champion sustainability, promote peace, and hope to foster a new renaissance where we all are free to be our most fulfilled, multifaceted, and terrific selves. Read more here.

60 Second Recap

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While at church in Boston last Sunday, I had the privilege of meeting Jenny Sawyer who has the website 60secondrecap.com that produces short video clip summaries of typical high school reading. Check out her library of clips about assigned reading such as Shakespeare or Lord of the Flies, or check out her pick of the … Read more

Your Actual Purpose

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Why am I? What do I have to give? There is much talk about purpose these days, and many folks are struggling with questions about whether they are doing the right thing with their life. They spend a lot of energy sorting out what human typecast or exterior construct their purpose should conform to, when … Read more

Be Your True Self

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There is nothing more important than being your true self. This does not mean catering to your human personality, but instead, expressing and embracing your actual individuality as created by God. There is nothing more noble or satisfying than being exactly what God made you to be. It is counterproductive to let personality define you … Read more

Recent Food Around Here

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Above you can see the tiny, tasty Connecticut kiwi we picked from a friend’s back yard, eaten skins and all. Below, find roasted rosemary potatoes, Swiss chard saute, eggplant Parmesan, roasted garden vegetables, pumpkin cake, stuffed acorn squash, homemade caramel corn, apple cranberry coffee cake, and grilled salmon salad. In addition to those things you … Read more

New Poem by Me: Outside the SAT Cheering “Go Team!”

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Outside the SAT Cheering “Go Team!” “All things work together for good to them that love God.” Give up any misgivings or woulda, coulda, shoulda. God is working His purpose out as question proceeds to question. My son’s place and future are assured by his heavenly Father who alone anoints and appoints. The divine intelligence … Read more

Trick or Treat?

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With no power, we had a very different type of Halloween. No trick or treaters, conventional style. No one left their homes due to downed live power lines. Our trick or treat was purely at mother nature’s behest. A freak snow storm. Cold darkness with orange candlelight and convivial togetherness huddled around a continually stoked … Read more

Early Photos of October Snow

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Yesterday we got 10-16 inches of snow. It was odd to see snow on the trees while they still had leaves. Today, many branches are down due to the weight of all the snow that was captured by those leaves. We are without power for the indefinite future… When just the first two inches were … Read more