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New Year’s Resolution: Use What I Have
By Polly Castor on January 1, 2017Read moreThis year, I'm making a single widely encompassing New Year's Resolution that has all sorts of possible ramifications. Concisely,...
70Best of This Blog 2016
By Polly Castor on December 31, 2016Read moreHere is a list, as concisely as I can offer it, of the best of this blog in the...
Bits and Clips for December 2016
By Polly Castor on December 30, 2016Read moreHere is the best of what I read or saw on the internet this month. I hope you find...
Reading Challenge for 2017
By Polly Castor on December 29, 2016Read morePlease join me for this year’s reading challenge! I hope you like the new list. I think it is...
Recipe: Sri Lankan Sauce for Fish
By Polly Castor on December 28, 2016Read moreThis sauce is dynamic and delicious, and takes a bland protein (we used halibut) into another stratosphere.
Books We Got for Christmas
By Polly Castor on December 27, 2016Read moreHere are the books that were under our family's tree this Christmas. What books did you receive that you...
Pottery Plates I Made My Husband for Christmas
By Polly Castor on December 26, 2016Read moreAll three were carved and glazed while still wet with a technique called sgraffito before they were fired.
Christmas Photos 2016
By Polly Castor on December 25, 2016Read moreMerry Christmas! It is so good to have all of our kids home for Christmas! I hope you are having...
Christmas Links 2016
By Polly Castor on December 24, 2016Read moreMerry Christmas! Here are some recent links revenant to the holiday... Wishing you the hope and joy of...
Christmas Creche at the MET
By Polly Castor on December 23, 2016Read moreI enjoyed seeing this immense, detailed creche, with all of its tiny vignettes.
2016 Reading Challenge Complete
By Polly Castor on December 22, 2016Read moreIt has been a bit of a scramble to complete my Reading Challenge for this year, but I'm going...
Our Daughter’s Empty Bowls Glazed
By Polly Castor on December 21, 2016Read moreMany of you wanted to see what her colossal effort looked like glazed, so here they are, before they...