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Friendship a Witness (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on October 3, 2025Read moreHave you done this for someone today?
00Black and White Photographs from Maine
By Polly Castor on October 1, 2025Read moreThese black and white photos highlight light, refraction, shadow, texture, and composition.
Bits and Clips for September 2025
By Polly Castor on September 30, 2025Read moreI hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, inspires,...
I Painted Over What I Painted at Camp
By Polly Castor on September 29, 2025Read moreDo you agree the refreshed one is better?
The Journey (Poem by Mary Oliver)
By Polly Castor on September 28, 2025Read moreOne day you finally knew what you had to do, and began...
The Briar Club (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on September 26, 2025Read moreI totally recommend reading this historical fiction set in the early 1950's and give it 5 stars.
Cathedral Woods (New Large Oil Painting)
By Polly Castor on September 25, 2025Read moreThis painting has the elements of the place in general, while no specific photo reference was used.
Our Primary Responsibility (David Abrams Quote)
By Polly Castor on September 24, 2025Read moreOnly by being deeply here, in and of this place, am I palpably connected to every other place.
I Don’t Believe in Drudgery (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on September 23, 2025Read moreI do believe in hard work, and in the luminous beauty of ordinariness.
I’m in the Renaissance in Pastel National Juried Show
By Polly Castor on September 22, 2025Read moreGlad to be in this show...