Bits and Clips for April 2024
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, poetry, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, inspires, supports, educates, or motivates you.
Month: April 2024
The Need to Grow (Movie Review)
It is an environmental film with some solutions to offer, so more hopeful than most on this topic.
Future of Christian Science in Connecticut Meeting
Church, after all in Christian Science is defined as, “that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race…” so let’s get on with doing just that!
The Rest of my Photos from DC and Alexandria
Here are some of the other highlights from our recent trip, along with an itinerary summary.
Old Town Alexandria Farmer’s Market (Photos)
I’m not sure what it says about me, but you can take me to any amount of highbrow cultural events, but I’ll like a farmer’s market the best of all. There is something in the mix of colors, shapes, people, flavors, potential, and hopefulness at one that I find irresistible. The one in Old Town … Read more
Starting A New Paragraph (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Starting A New Paragraph While we were gone, the leaves have begun to come out as the forsythia cadmium, which was so bright when we left, wanes. Our weeping cherry tree is in bloom and becomes less pink each day, but fortunately, it has remained cool enough that we didn’t miss it entirely. The tree … Read more
Pierre Bonnard Exhibit at the Phillips Collection in DC
I love that he “sought to make art a language of personal expression rather than a transcription of the external world.”
United States Botanical Gardens (Photos)
What could be better to dwell on for Earth Day than a diversity of plants?
Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Journal
I find the process of journaling while I study really helpful in making it my own. Doing it also prompts me to put it into action, and not just learn about it.
Hillwood in DC (House and Garden Photos)
When I read and reviewed The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, I said after reading the book I’d like to visit her last home, Hillwood, which is in DC, open to the public, and filled with her treasures. This comment precipitated an invitation by my sister-in-law to do just that, and we planned our visit … Read more
The Hirshhorn National Museum of Modern Art in DC
Check out the photos of my favorites from the permanent collection in the Hirshhorn National Museum of Modern Art…
Planet Word Museum in DC
This special place would be especially great to visit if you are traveling with kids, but we thoroughly enjoyed it ourselves.
River Farm, Alexandria (Spring Flower Photos)
This is a the home of the American Horticultural Society, and is on a 25 acre plot of land on the Potomac, which was once owned by George Washington.
