Book review: An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
By Polly Castor on January 25, 2009Read moreIs reading considered an eccentric activity? What effect does the habit of reading have? The Queen is the uncommon...
00Today’s Poem: Both Sides of Devotion
By Polly Castor on January 24, 2009Read moreHere's a poem I wrote today watching the devotion both dog and owner had during a wintery walk. ...
Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire
By Polly Castor on January 23, 2009Read moreI liked this movie: unvarnished and polished, sad and triumphant, disturbing and empowering, straightforward and complex. The restoring power...
Movie Review: Doubt
By Polly Castor on January 22, 2009Read moreI give this movie 2 stars, although Meryl Steep did a great job and deserved her academy award nomination...
My Mandoline Gratin
By Polly Castor on January 21, 2009Read moreI used the new mandoline I got for Christmas to make this lovely and delicious dish. It has...
Barack Obama Inauguration 2009
By Polly Castor on January 20, 2009Read moreWho would have thought a few years ago that we would witness having a black president in our lifetime...