Polly Castor
Images of Valentine’s Day from Our House to Yours
Enjoy these Valentine’s Photos from previous years at our house and enjoy making happy memories today with your loved ones.
My Youngest Daughter Turns Twelve
Our family birthday tradition includes my mother’s recipe of cut out cookies in the appropriate digits…
Book Review: The Doctor’s Daughter
started this book by Wilma Wolitzer because I am a doctor’s daughter, and that has to some extent defined me, so I thought I could relate to it, but…
Book Review: Project Mulberry
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park is a young adult book that I read with my 12 year old. We both enjoyed it, since it was an accessible, easy read, with…
The Painting I Painted on My Birthday
I painted this on my birthday, listening to jazz, transported to a place I’ve been that was warmer, sitting on a comfortable rock, near a babbling brook.
Leftovers in My Refrigerator
My refrigerator is jammed full as it usually is. My rotation of food includes creating leftovers everyday and…
Another page is done in my Box-a-Day Art Journal
This page from my Box-a-day Art Journal is from January 27, 2009 until February 7, 2009.
Today Was My Birthday
I woke up to my youngest daughter having made me popovers for breakfast. After that sumptuous beginning of my day, I sat in a quiet living room sipping
Second Annual Empress Brunch
A friend of mine also has an early February birthday, so we have fun celebrating together during this birthday season by having a lovely lunch followed by
Book Review: As Hot as It Was You Ought to Thank Me
I enjoyed the first two-thirds of this book better than the end. Initially I was giving it five stars but it slipped down to four by the end since
Today’s “Tuesday Teatime”
My twelve year old daughter is doing something called “Brave Writer” as part of her homeschooling curriculum which includes “Tuesday Teatime.”
I Made Both the Platter and the Cookies
These cookies are the classic Toll House recipe, the original chocolate chip cookie recipe off back of the Nestle’s Chip bag.
Today’s Poem (unpublished)
Today I wrote one of the best poems I’ve written in a long time. Then, after major deliberation, I have chosen not to share it here to protect someone’s…
Two Words for the New Year
Instead of a formal New Year’s Resolution, I have decided on two words I need to focus on this year: systematic, and streamlining.
January’s treat: Fresh Squeezed Tangerine Juice
One of the delights of this month is fresh tangerine juice, which in my opinion is much better than orange juice.