Bits and Clips March 2019
I hope you find in the links and many memes below something that educates, inspires, motivates, or interests you!
Month: March 2019
Keep an Open Mind (Flannery O’Conner Quote)
“What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket…
Artichoke, Zucchini, and Caramelized Onion Frittata (Recipe)
This frittata is absolutely delicious. Give it a try! You’ll be so glad you did. It will become a favorite.
Fountain (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Droplets in free fall
spilling over the edge,
released from the pack, plunging
tear-shaped and suddenly isolated,
not in control at all.
Featured Artist: Janet Schwartz
In this post you can see some of her work, as well as a few photos from the demo she did for us last Saturday.
No Room for Evil (Blanche Hersey Hogue Quote)
…as surely as darkness is impossible where light is, just that surely evil is not to be found where God is…
Of Mess and Moxie (Book Review)
This book is by turns hilarious and heartwarming. I both laughed out loud and teared up. It is all over the lot and swings from grocery store shopping and potty training to forgiveness and sanctuary.
A Light Exists in Spring (poem by Emily Dickonson)
A Light exists in Spring
Not present on the year
At any other period –
When March is scarcely here
I’m in this Zahn Gallery Show at the Middlesex Hospital
The Zahn Gallery at the Middlesex Hospital here in Connecticut has mounted a beautiful pastel show and I am proud that my painting Starlit Lagoon is included in it.
Spring is Coming (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
Things are beginning to sprout, the air is milder, the light more diffused, the birds with their feathers and song are returning, and soon there will be peepers. How to capture all this joy and hope and relief and refreshment and rebirth?
The Abundance (Book Review with Quotes)
So many parts of this book glowed with insight and authenticity, I can’t help still giving it five stars. This author is a natural treasure.
Photos of Greenhouse Plants
Here are the non-orchid photos I took while in the green house at the New York Botanical Gardens. Such a lush setting to visit on a chilly day in March!
A Few Spaces Left in My Pastel Adventures in Abstraction Workshop
I’m teaching a two day workshop for the Connecticut Pastel Society titled Adventures in Abstraction in Southington, Connecticut on April 13th and 14th.
Polly Preaching #2 (Distinction Between Jesus and the Christ)
Let this Christ be in you that was also in Jesus. Let this presence be palpable and practical in your everyday experience.
Spring Break Shenanigans (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
Too soon I take her back
and oh my gosh
next time I see her
she’ll be graduating!
Then what?