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Icicle Photos
By Polly Castor on January 25, 2011Read moreYou gotta love living in the northeast, where we get to hunker down and hibernate for a few months....
00Recipe: Red Lentil and Vegetable Soup
By Polly Castor on January 24, 2011Read moreThis warm, nourishing soup was perfect for lunch today, a day that was all of two degrees when...
Perseverance Not Human Will
By Polly Castor on January 23, 2011Read moreAs I’ve said (click here) what you value governs what you are grateful for and therefore what you get...
Snow, Snow and More Snow
By Polly Castor on January 22, 2011Read moreWe’ve had a lot of snow so far this January. Public school kids here have missed at least 8...
Movie Review: Faith Like Potatoes
By Polly Castor on January 21, 2011Read moreI enjoyed this touching Christian film and give it four stars. It has the feel of a good Christian...
Recipe: Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins
By Polly Castor on January 20, 2011Read moreWant a dense, flavorful muffin with enough staying power to get you through the morning? Try these from...
Book Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
By Polly Castor on January 19, 2011Read moreI’m so glad blog reader Clare recommended this book to me multiple times! Thank you! I really enjoyed this...
A Pledge of Civility
By Polly Castor on January 18, 2011Read moreFollowing the Tucson shootings, our Ridgefield Clergy Association, of which I have been an active member for thirteen years,...
Martin Luther King in Picture Books
By Polly Castor on January 17, 2011Read moreAs promised (click here) I wanted to feature an example of vital picture books. Usually I’d promote individual picture...
12th Page in my 3rd Box-A-Day Art Journal
By Polly Castor on January 16, 2011Read moreThis page represents January 3, 2011 through January 14, 2011. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!
Today’s Newspaper Article by Me: Improve Your Motives to Help Be All You Can Be
By Polly Castor on January 15, 2011Read moreI am a periodic columnist for the Danbury New-Times Forum on Faith column, which also appears, I am told,...
Loving Bananagrams
By Polly Castor on January 14, 2011Read moreI first played the Bananagrams game last fall at Creative Arts Camp and knew then that I’d be buying...