Polly Castor

I work to amplify good wherever I find it. I love color, texture, beauty, great ideas, nature, metaphor, deliciousness, genuine spirituality, and exploring new territory. I encourage authenticity, nurture creativity, champion sustainability, promote peace, and hope to foster a new renaissance where we all are free to be our most fulfilled, multifaceted, and terrific selves. Read more here.

Spring Meals

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Here are some of the meals we’ve had lately. We’ve been inundated with fresh greens from several local gardens recently, as everything here is on the early side of the growing season. Above is the tuna frittata, fresh greens, blueberries and chips I had for lunch today. Below in respective order find: • Lemon Pepper … Read more

Photos of Lupine

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Not too many lupine around here but I love them whenever I see them. And if you have a child around, read them a dear picture-book favorite of ours, Miss Rumphious (see here) in honor of these flowers!

Freshman Year Over

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It seems such a short time ago that I dropped my oldest daughter off at college (click here to read that blog entry). It hardly seems possible that her first year is over already. She has worked hard. She learned Ancient Greek, read lots of Plato and Aristotle (etc!), proved every proposition of Euclid, played … Read more

Book Review: Food Rules

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I loved “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan. It revolutionized both my thought and my eating/purchasing of food, which is quite something to say. I also liked his subsequent book “In Defense of Food.” I really recommend reading both those books, and this one is especially not a substitute for the first one, but it … Read more