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Our Youngest Turns 27 (New Poem by Polly Castor with photos)
By Polly Castor on February 13, 2024Read moreWho else is so exacting, while so comfortable with fudging it?
Chenneville (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on February 12, 2024Read moreThis is historical fiction that squarely puts you into that time and place, fascinated by who he meets up...
Trust (Poem by Thomas R. Smith)
By Polly Castor on February 11, 2024Read moreSometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered...
Swordfish Braised in Spiced Coconut Milk (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on February 10, 2024Read moreThis is easy, quick, and delicious. The swordfish is succulent.
Blobs with Line (Sketchbook Ideas #14)
By Polly Castor on February 9, 2024Read moreNothing like a tight parameter to bring on the creativity!
My Birthday 2024
By Polly Castor on February 8, 2024Read moreThank you for being in my life and making my days and my years so sweet.
Listen to Your Life (Quote by Frederick Buechner)
By Polly Castor on February 7, 2024Read moreLife itself is grace.
Random Compositions in Ink (Grid Journaling Idea #4)
By Polly Castor on February 6, 2024Read moreUse these little compositions to make yourself explain why a composition works, and why it doesn’t.
Sam Boughton (Featured Artist)
By Polly Castor on February 5, 2024Read moreSam Boughton is an abstract landscape painter whose spare work I admire. Her efficient, decisive mark making is luscious,...
Ask the Best Questions and then Live Them
By Polly Castor on February 3, 2024Read moreI beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves...