Fostering a new renaissance through creativity, authenticity, spirituality, and art
Polly Castor 
The UBox that we unloaded last Friday did not fit everything, so our daughter was faced with the dilemma of how to get her other things to Sacramento. On the internet she discovered Pac Mail and it was her solution…
Yesterday we discovered the Sacramento Food Co-op near our daughter’s new home. What a wonderful place! When first we visited, I thought it was fun that she was wearing my old food co-op shirt from my college days when I was active in the early food movement.
Above are the carts at IKEA! Last night after moving in, we bought five bookcases with extra shelves and a kitchen island/countertop/cart. It was a long day! Today we put them together…
Our oldest daughter and I are back in Sacramento to move her into her apartment today. I woke up this morning thinking about…
Here are the articles, blogs, podcasts and videos from this month that I felt were worth sharing. I hope you find something enjoyable, inspiring, intriguing or
Here are some of the other miscellaneous photos I took on our trip to North Carolina to see family…
This summer, I have visited both of my sisters in their homes: Ohio and North Carolina, respectively. It was lovely to see my mom’s artwork gracing their walls.
We haven’t been all together since Christmas, but as the four of us (my husband, two daughters and I) drove to and from North Carolina we stopped by to see our son. This evening on our way home we had a great time celebrating his birthday with a nice dinner.
We had a wonderful dinner together at City Kitchen in Chapel Hill. As a special treat I had the swordfish and it was fantastic; it is shown first below. This restaurant is pricey but delicious!
We had a wonderful family afternoon at the North Carolina Museum of Art, that started with a delicious lunch at their restaurant (called Iris).
We were delighted to finally get to meet our first great nephew– my oldest sister’s first grandchild– who was born last January. He’s a wonderful fellow, and we enjoyed snuggling him, listening to him chatter away and grin, and were there for his first word: Dada.
Here is what our younger daughter has made recently in pottery…
