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  • Writing Prompt: Cory and the Frog

    By on January 8, 2013

    In my writing class this last fall we were first to write a character sketch from a photo in...

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    Polly Castor
  • Speech by Charlie Chaplin

    By on January 7, 2013

    This speech is from Charlie Chaplin’s movie The Great Dictator. What do you think of it? How do we...

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    Polly Castor
  • “You Live a Charmed Life”

    By on January 6, 2013

    A blog reader actually said that to me yesterday. To quote my Dad’s mother, “Ha!” It is only because...

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    Polly Castor
  • Best of 2012

    By on December 31, 2012

    Wow. I’ve finished four years on this daily blog. That's 1,424 entries! Here are the best posts of 2012...

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    Polly Castor
  • Gifts of Nonfiction We Received

    By on December 28, 2012

    Two years ago for the first time, the only books our family received as Christmas gifts were non-fiction. Some...

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    Polly Castor
  • Christmas Songs as Named by Lawyers

    By on December 23, 2012

    Below is a list of 25 Christmas songs renamed by lawyers. Your job is to decipher the names and...

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    Polly Castor
  • Mayan Music

    By on December 20, 2012

    Not that I think the world will end tomorrow, but because my cousin Stephen has spent the last year...

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    Polly Castor
  • Christian Science Quotes I’ve been Pondering

    By on December 18, 2012

    “Ah, children, you are the bulwarks of freedom, the cement of society, the hope of our race!” Mary Baker...

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    Polly Castor
  • Gratitude Requires Action

    By on December 9, 2012

    I wrote the piece below for a newspaper column spot for the Saturday following Thanksgiving, but by mistake it...

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    Polly Castor
  • Mindfulness with a Teenager

    By on December 3, 2012

    I’ve been marinating in proximity to teenagers for eight years now with only four more years to go: but...

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    Polly Castor
  • A Memorial to Zig Ziglar in Quotes

    By on December 1, 2012

    Decades ago, I read and listened a lot to this motivational speaker and author. As today is his memorial...

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    Polly Castor
  • John Milton Quote; Art by Louis Bording

    By on November 24, 2012

    “Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we...

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    Polly Castor

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