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Our Youngest Turns 18
By Polly Castor on February 13, 2015Read moreWe had a nice small celebration for our youngest turning 18, as you can see in the photos below....
10Book Review: Delicious!
By Polly Castor on February 12, 2015Read moreI really enjoyed this light book about a young woman with an amazingly discerning palate. She can taste anything...
New Pastel Landscape: Early Autumn Ice and Fog
By Polly Castor on February 11, 2015Read moreI’ve wanted to paint this since taking a photo of this scene of ice and fog early one fall...
New Poem: Shine it Away
By Polly Castor on February 10, 2015Read moreImagine a dark room behind a closed door but the hall light is on and when you open the door...
Black Felted Bag is Finished
By Polly Castor on February 9, 2015Read moreThis bag has been on the knitting needles for probably two years, much of the last of that time...
Restaurant Recommendation: Good News Cafe
By Polly Castor on February 8, 2015Read moreI’ve been here for lunch a few times in the past, and every time it was memorably terrific, so...
My Birthday 2015
By Polly Castor on February 7, 2015Read moreI’ve had a nice day, full of Facebook love, phone calls, messages, and texts. Thank you for all your...
Featured Artist: Erin Hanson
By Polly Castor on February 6, 2015Read moreErin Hanson is one of my favorite living artists. If I had money and wall space I would be...
Poem by Alison Luterman
By Polly Castor on February 5, 2015Read moreConsider the Generosity of a One-Year-Old who has no words to exchange with you yet, and instead offers up...
Energy Instead of Mass
By Polly Castor on February 4, 2015Read moreWe usually consider matter as solid, but it is far from it. The closer you get to looking at...
Resources for Teaching Poetry
By Polly Castor on February 3, 2015Read moreA homeschooling mother with a daughter in early high school asked for some recommendations from me for how to...
Recipe: The Perfect Snowy Day Soup
By Polly Castor on February 2, 2015Read moreThis is a heart-warming, easy to make soup that is great to warm up the toes of shovelers and...