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Secular Christmas Bits and Clips
By Polly Castor on December 23, 2014Read moreHere are some secular bits and clips to enjoy during your holiday:
00All Together to Get a Tree
By Polly Castor on December 22, 2014Read moreAll three of our kids are now home so we finally got a tree...
Our Youngest Donates 14” of Her Hair
By Polly Castor on December 21, 2014Read moreShortly after getting her senior photos taken, our youngest daughter donated 14” of her hair...
New Abstract Oil Pastels
By Polly Castor on December 20, 2014Read moreI’m still playing with oil pastels. Here are the two most recent...
Be Positive and Don’t Bear False Witness
By Polly Castor on December 19, 2014Read moreA month ago a blog reader and I agreed to take one quality of Spirit each month and focus...
Some Recent Digital Art
By Polly Castor on December 18, 2014Read moreI’ve done these recently on my smart phone on the free app Brushes 3. This is fun for in...
A Great Gift for a Ten Year Old
By Polly Castor on December 17, 2014Read moreWhen I saw this, I wanted to buy it, but have no one of the right age on my...
New Poem: I’m so Glad We Have a Day to Celebrate You!
By Polly Castor on December 16, 2014Read moreHappy Birthday! Know you are special beyond words. I’m so glad you came to be with us! I love you, always.
Book Review: Three Junes
By Polly Castor on December 15, 2014Read moreThere are three stories in this book (hence the title) with overlapping characters revolving around a Scottish family of...
Free Print Christian Science Lectures
By Polly Castor on December 14, 2014Read moreThis is an unnecessarily bare-bones site graphically, but it has tons of print lectures on Christian Science available from...
Movie Review: Wild
By Polly Castor on December 13, 2014Read moreI’m a bit conflicted, I guess because the beauty added by the visuals of the panoramic vistas were more...
Vincent Van Gogh Quote
By Polly Castor on December 12, 2014Read moreMy brush stroke has no system at all. I hit the canvas with irregular touches of the brush, which...