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Crispy Black Bean Tacos (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on December 18, 2025Read moreThese are delicious and easy to make. It makes tacos enough for four people, and since we are only...
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Nice Board Book Gift Idea
By Polly Castor on December 17, 2025Read moreThese are delightful in every way, with wonderful art and rhyme, as well as peek-a-boo holes to see through...

Still Flourishing (Conceptual Abstract Landscape Collage)
By Polly Castor on December 16, 2025Read moreI was thinking about the autumnal season of life, and how it is still glorious, interesting, strong, and dynamic...

Advent (quote by Alfred Delp)
By Polly Castor on December 15, 2025Read moreIt is time to waken from sleep. A waking up must begin somewhere. It is time to put things...

Sword Catcher (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on December 14, 2025Read moreThis is the only book over 500 pages I read this year and I really enjoyed it. I'll be...

God Knows What You Need (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on December 13, 2025Read moreGod is a joiner, like a carpenter, splicing together mitered corners, with flush, beautiful transitions, meeting together just right.

Love a Dynamic Process (Quote by Maria Popova)
By Polly Castor on December 12, 2025Read moreLove is simply the breadth of the aperture through which you let in the reality of another and the...

The Comforts of Pure Love (New Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on December 11, 2025Read moreLove is comfortable and comforting, supportive, warm, exciting, fun, and divine. What a delightful thing to paint!

Roasted Boursin Mashed Potatoes (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on December 10, 2025Read moreI happen to love regular mashed potatoes, but if you want to jazz it up for company or the...

Henrik Simonsen (Featured Artist)
By Polly Castor on December 9, 2025Read moreThese paintings by Scandinavian artist Henrik Simonsen are evocative of places I've been, while still being abstract, experimental, and...

Buckeye (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on December 8, 2025Read moreBuckeye is a long, sweep of a book, taking place between two families in a small town in Ohio...

Call to Action (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on December 7, 2025Read moreLet your feelings of inadequacy melt into adrenaline-charged obedience. Your convulsive little ego must not be given reign.
