Polly Castor
Twenty-ninth Page Done in My New Box-A-Day Art Journal
This page represents August 3, 2010 to August 14, 2010. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!
Book Review: The Lacuna
I liked this book and give it five stars even though it is long, slow in getting started, a tad preachy in places, and about a very serious period in history that may not be fun to contemplate. I think it is not only an important book, but interesting and very well done, written as … Read more
Movie Review: Eat, Pray, Love
Well, when you love a book, it is rare that you like the movie better, and so it is the case here. Liking the original book, and liking Julia Roberts, wasn’t enough to make this a great movie; I’m only going to give it four (three?) stars, even though I truly wanted it to warrant … Read more
Photos of Our Land From Flight
I returned today after three jam packed days away; check out my flight photos here of our land from above. I love the bottom one!
North Carolina Food
I went to three delicious restaurants while away. The first was Nantucket Cafe (see their website here) and I must apologize for no photos from there; I simply lit into a wonderful salmon salad. (My sister loves their incredible chocolate cake!) At 411 West near the UNC campus in Chapel Hill (click here for their … Read more
Water Photos During Flight
I flew to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to see my family and to be of help to my parents. Here are some photos from the sky… The above photo is of Long Island, and several below include shots of the Atlantic shoreline.
Machu Pichu and Goodbye
My son’s group took the time to see Machu Pichu, which was also inspiring. Below see their photos of that excursion and their leave taking for home…
On My Son’s Service Trip They Built a School
As I discussed yesterday (see here), my son, along with 20 church teens, went on a service trip to Peru to build a school. They also spent time with the school kids while they were there. If you want to read the blog of their experience you can see it by clicking here. They were … Read more
My Son’s Service Trip to Peru: Culture Shots
My son went on a service trip to Peru in July with 20 other church teens. (He’s the tall one in these photos with the black hat on.) They went to build a school there, which I’ll post about on my blog tomorrow. My son did not take a single photo (can you imagine?) Fortunately … Read more
Photos of People I Don’t Know
I’ve just started discreetly taking candid photos of people I don’t know out in public. I’ve tried to be respectful and only capture something meaningful. Just like anything, when you start looking, you see it more everywhere. And you can tell so much from a face. So ponder these and enjoy. I’m likely to do … Read more
Movie Review: The Blind Side
I first heard of this film when Sandra Bullock won the Academy award for it over Meryl Streep playing Julia Child. That caught my attention. I thought at the time they must have made a wrong call. Not much of a football fan, I hadn’t seen this when it came out. But the Academy award … Read more
Pastel Idea
At first glance, I thought these were black and white photographs, but they are actually black, white and gray pastels. Very effectively done, they are by artist Whitney Knapp of New York (click here for her website). As much as I love color, this opens up a lot of ideas for me that I might … Read more
Lily Photos
The other day, I posted my recent water lily photos, so it is only fitting to now post my recent photos of land lilies…
Little Dilemmas and Moral Relativism
Here are two small, current dilemmas here: 1.) My daughter’s worn out shoes. I gave a familiar ultimatum to my teenagers: clean your room or else. The “else” in this case was the worse threat imaginable. I promised that if they didn’t do it, I would enter their room and do it myself. (You’d think … Read more
Twenty-eighth Page Done in My New Box-A-Day Art Journal
This page represents July 22, 2010 to August 2, 2010. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!