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Our Job is to Love (Quote)
By Polly Castor on March 5, 2014Read moreOur job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not...
00Recipe: Mushroom Stroganoff
By Polly Castor on March 4, 2014Read moreThis is both good and really quick and easy. We ate it here as a solo main dish but...
New Acrylic Abstract: The Iguana’s Grotto
By Polly Castor on March 3, 2014Read moreHere is a new painting of mine titled The Iguana's Grotto. It is 16" x 20" and done in...
New Poem: Feed the Soil
By Polly Castor on March 2, 2014Read morePoem about children being like plants; you've got to cultivate the soil they are in...
Photos of Fast Moving Cold Water
By Polly Castor on March 1, 2014Read moreI thought you might enjoy my recent photographs of fast moving cold water. They were a challenge to...
Nigel Slater’s Tender Vegetable Tips
By Polly Castor on February 28, 2014Read moreThis book is a tome, with over 400 recipes and extensive gardening tips for growing vegetables, it has 624...
YNAB and a Total Money Makeover
By Polly Castor on February 27, 2014Read moreI couldn’t be more pleased that my husband and I read the above book together and have launched into...
Some Humor
By Polly Castor on February 26, 2014Read moreI thought you might enjoy these as much as I did...
Recipe: Crock-Pot Three Bean Chili with Avocado
By Polly Castor on February 25, 2014Read moreNeed to feed a crowd when you have very little time in which to do it? This is your...
New Poem: Blue Shadows on Snow
By Polly Castor on February 24, 2014Read moreBlue shadows look like piecework in an art quilt or thin indigo washes in a watercolor
Hartford Flower Show
By Polly Castor on February 23, 2014Read moreMy husband has always wanted to go to the Hartford Flower Show so this weekend we went. We...
New Oil Pastel: Cup Bearer to a Persian King
By Polly Castor on February 22, 2014Read moreI painted this 11" x 14" work in oil pastel. This approach to oil pastel is original, and is...