Polly Castor
My Son and I Visited Dartmouth Today
One of the schools my son is seriously considering is Dartmouth, so we visited it in New Hampshire today, in sweltering 91 degree April heat.
Photos of Spring at Wave Hill
The Wave Hill Public Gardens (overlooking the Hudson River) were vibrantly bursting with spring loveliness! Here are some photos so you can enjoy it all vicariously…
High Ridge House Art Show & Auction
Today we attended High Ridge House’s Art Show and Auction. High Ridge House is a Christian Science Care Facility and I donated two of my paintings for the…
Scale of the Universe: Great Comparisons!
I’ve just had an enlightening time on a website learning about the size and scale of the universe.
Sprouted Spelt Flour
Sprouted flour is actually food, instead of the trumped up emptiness that fills so much of the baked goods around. This book helped me understand what…
Our Weeping Cherry Tree
Our weeping cherry tree starts out bright pink and fades to almost white when the petals drop, drifting at the edges of our walk like dustings of snow…
Movie Review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
We enjoyed this movie about introducing salmon to the Yemen. The themes of faith, trying to accomplish the unlikely, and of swimming against the current, were…
Glass Beads We Made
Yesterday my sister-in-law hosted a lovely lunch for her family and ours. She wore the handmade glass bead necklace we made her years ago.
New Poem by Me: Obscure Escape Hatch
We’ve all suffered minor crucifixions.
People let us down and are unkind
our honest, open-hearted hope is dashed
we are no longer needed or are too threatening
Laurel Ridge Daffodils
My husband and I had a great time this morning visiting the thousands of daffodils at Laurel Ridge in Litchfield, CT. It was gorgeous even though we were not…
My Good Friday Sermon 2012
Every year for the past twelve years I have given a sermon as part of our clergy association’s three hour community Good Friday service. This year we did…
Photos from a Hike in the Woods
It was delightful to get out into the woods today – the first time since fall. The skunk cabbage are perky harbingers of much more green to come!
Fabulous Forsythia
This is the fabulous forsythia outside the pottery studio I work in on Tuesday mornings… What a treat of luscious vibrance!
Kickoff of JSH-Online
For well over a century Christian Science Reading Rooms have had bound volumes available of all past periodicals (Journal, Sentinel & Herald; hence JSH) Today a website is launched with all 500,000 pages available to be searched.