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Recipe: Tomatillo Soup
By Polly Castor on October 24, 2011Read moreFeasting off a friend’s bumper crop of tomatillos, we thought this soup was particularly delicious. Give it a...
00Photos of a Consignment Shop
By Polly Castor on October 23, 2011Read moreYesterday, on a rare lazy Saturday afternoon, we found ourselves browsing in this consignment shop. Photos here were taken...
Movie Review: The Way
By Polly Castor on October 22, 2011Read moreThis movie is about a father walking a pilgrimage through Spain on the Camino de Santiago, also known as...
Photos of Cabbage
By Polly Castor on October 21, 2011Read moreHere is some fodder for abstract paintings… Cut one in half and it is a completely different experience of...
Book Review: Caleb’s Crossing
By Polly Castor on October 20, 2011Read moreI really enjoyed this thoroughly researched historical fiction which depicted the circumstances surrounding the first Native American’s matriculation through...
Today’s Fresh Thought About Heaven
By Polly Castor on October 19, 2011Read moreOften we think of heaven as an arrival, either here or hereafter, but wisdom eventually teaches us that...
Three More Attempts at Making Cups/Mugs
By Polly Castor on October 18, 2011Read moreMug and teacup making is not an exact science. There are aspects of each of these that I like...
Quote from E.F. Schumacher
By Polly Castor on October 17, 2011Read more“Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness...
My New Pastel Painting: In Kent with Jill
By Polly Castor on October 16, 2011Read moreThis I just painted of a stunningly memorable afternoon in Kent with my friend Jill. We do not have...
Movie Review: Courageous
By Polly Castor on October 15, 2011Read moreI took a friend’s recommendation that every husband and father should see this movie, and went to see it...
Recipe: Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
By Polly Castor on October 14, 2011Read moreThis is what I had for lunch today. It was wildly wonderful… stunningly delicious. I got the recipe...
Recipe: Curried Sweet Potato and Millet Soup with Tilapia
By Polly Castor on October 13, 2011Read moreIn our busy household, we love food that can be easily warmed up to instantly be a complete,...