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Animal Magnetism (New Metaphysical Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on June 9, 2020Read moreAnything that is not joy is animal magnetism.
31Somehow We’ll Get Through This (New Abstract Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on June 8, 2020Read moreThe way there from here may be fraught and difficult, but we can get past it, into the light.
Black Lives Matter (Memes and Links)
By Polly Castor on June 7, 2020Read moreHere are some links and memes to support you in your efforts do better bringing equality and justice to...
Food for Sheltering in Place (Part 2)
By Polly Castor on June 6, 2020Read moreWhat to fix? Here are some ideas with recipe links. We may not have been doing a lot of...
Use Your Virtues (Quote by Alex Cook)
By Polly Castor on June 5, 2020Read moreThere's so much we can do to help if we will only use our pantheon of virtues.
Spring Forward (New Landscape Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on June 4, 2020Read moreMy last painting of spring for a while, I love the forward movement both in my walks and the...
Flowers in Our Yard Right Now
By Polly Castor on June 3, 2020Read moreHere you can see the beautiful blooms in our yard right now! So grateful for my husband's efforts in...
Racism and the Color of God’s Skin (Diary Reveal #2)
By Polly Castor on June 2, 2020Read moreHere are some of my thoughts about racism and spiritual truth, during the current national upheavals.
Spring Vegetable Pie (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on June 1, 2020Read moreThis recipe is so delicious the two of us unexpectedly ate the whole thing at one sitting.
Bits and Clips for May 2020
By Polly Castor on May 31, 2020Read moreI hope you find something in the links and many memes here, that inspires, educates, challenges, encourages, sobers, motivates,...
When (Covid poem by John O’Donnell)
By Polly Castor on May 30, 2020Read moreThis poem embraces this unusual time, looking beyond, while honoring the struggle.
Two Pastel Landscape Painting Books (Review and Notes)
By Polly Castor on May 29, 2020Read moreHere are my notes from two well established landscape painters in pastel.