Polly Castor
Live the Life You Love (quote by John O’Donohue)
Please don’t fall out of rhythm with the secret signature and light of your own nature!
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness (Book Review)
This book is well written about a challenging family in the African bush.
Four New Pastel Landscapes Just Finished
Here are a few paintings from my travels that I’ve finished up recently for the show…
The Work of Happiness (Poem by May Sarton)
I thought of happiness how it is woven out of the silence in the empty house each day…
The Summer Country (Book Review)
If you are looking for a completely diverting but unessential read, this may be what you are looking for.
Life After Death (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
This painting is steeped in metaphor about the eternality of life and the only-ness of the now.
Mere Opinion is Valueless (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Opinion: get rid of it. What a better world it would be without it.
Grace Notes #24 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
The Hare with Amber Eyes (Book Review)
If you are interested in history, this book is a great way to get a grand swath of it, about 150 years worth, all linked together by these tiny objects of art.
Long Shadows at Huntington Park (New Landscape Pastel)
I love hiking in Huntington State Park late it the day in the autumn when the shadows are long.
Photos of Recent Holiday Food ( With Links to Recipes)
Try out these favorite recipes we had over the holidays.
Announcing my New One Woman Show: The Fusion of Art and Spirituality
Exciting news! If you are at all close by, I hope you will come!
Good Defense (Polly Preaching #4)
All we need to defend ourselves from is suggestions, and through divine Mind we can do it.
Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson Poem)
Ring in the new year with this prescient, old poem published in 1850.