Polly Castor
Watching You Grow (New Large Abstraction in Oil)
Watching You Grow (oil) by Polly Castor This new 20″x24″ oil painting is titled Watching You Grow. You can see the whole painting above and close up details below. Click here to purchase the original oil painting. Click here to obtain prints or merchandise with this image on it. What do you think? … Read more
Black and White Photographs from Maine
These black and white photos highlight light, refraction, shadow, texture, and composition.
Bits and Clips for September 2025
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, inspires, supports, educates, or motivates you.
Recent Food Around Here (Photos with Recipe Links)
As much fun as it is to travel and try new things, we really like our own food, a cuisine which has admittedly developed over many years of seeing food as an adventure. Lately, because I’ve had so much other stimulation, we’ve been falling back food-wise onto tried and true standbys, many of which are … Read more
The Briar Club (Book Review)
I totally recommend reading this historical fiction set in the early 1950’s and give it 5 stars.
Cathedral Woods (New Large Oil Painting)
This painting has the elements of the place in general, while no specific photo reference was used.
Our Primary Responsibility (David Abrams Quote)
Only 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)
I do believe in hard work, and in the luminous beauty of ordinariness.
Recent Pages in My Bible Lesson Journal
I find the process of journaling while I study really helpful for making it my own.
Featured Artist: Michael Vermette
I admire how he handles the paint, the vigor of his colors, and the energy in his brushstrokes.
Tomato, Corn, and Avocado Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette (Recipe)
This is so easy and is absolutely wonderful, and the homemade dressing is fabulous!
What I Painted on Monhegan 2025 (Seven New Plein Air Paintings)
Here are the seven paintings I painted in plein air last week.
Confessions of a Grammar Queen (Book Review)
May we also summon the courage to fight for what we deserve, which is nothing less than the best for everyone.