A journal of art, photography, spirituality, ideas, books, movies, food, poetry & hope
Renovating our Side Porch (Before and After Photos)
I'm so grateful to have this humble space back in operation, and it is an especially lovely time of year…
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Days are Getting Shorter (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
Let's relish this turning inward, this harvest time of hope, by being outside to marvel at it all.
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Cornell 7 and Rape Culture (Bits and Clips)
A week ago I posted a sad poem about so many Jane Does as a response to the appalling news…
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Vegetable Curry with Cod (Recipe)
This is nourishing. It is not hard to make and comes together quickly.
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Shady Hollow Series (Book Review)
These are the epitome of a "cosy mystery." I found them delightfully entertaining. You follow Vera Vixen, who is a…
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Into the Autumn Field (New Landscape Painting in Oil)
I love painting outside in the fall, and it is so fun to get to use my cadmiums! They've just…
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Sunset Quote by Elizabeth Strout (with Sunset Photos)
At times these days I think of the way the sun would set on the farmland around our small house…
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Holy Peace (Poem by Danna Faulds)
Nothing to run from or run toward. Just this breath, awareness knowing itself as embodiment. Just this breath, awareness waking…
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Dolly All the Time (Book Review)
This is what my book friends call a "palette cleanser" and sometimes you need an easy read with a happy…
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For all the Jane Does (Poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)
Walking through the rain-damp grass, cool morning air startles me into being, and I realize how the news of violence…
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Growth Changes (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Growth Changes Our ancestors lived organically, freely sprawling out of the fertile soil. My generation exists hydroponically, efficiently enclosed, with…
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