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Ten Ways to Love (and Be a Better Christian)
By Polly Castor on October 29, 2011Read moreIn recent weeks I’ve been pondering the list below, posted by my brother-in-law on Facebook. I regularly do pretty...
00My New Landscape in Pastel: Marsh Morning
By Polly Castor on October 27, 2011Read moreHere is my latest pastel.
A Love Poem by RUMI
By Polly Castor on October 26, 2011Read moreLooking for Your Face From the beginning of my life I have been looking for your face but today...
Two Meditations in Oil Pastel
By Polly Castor on October 25, 2011Read moreOvertly exploring the connection between art and spirituality, these two non-objective works were literally meditations. Aurora Borealis (oil...
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...
Photos 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...