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Recent Food Around Here (Photos and Recipe Links)
By Polly Castor on June 24, 2019Read moreI've been too busy lately for recipe creation, but we've been eating these yummy standbys lately that you might...
00I’m in the National Juried Women’s Show at the Slater Museum
By Polly Castor on June 23, 2019Read moreYesterday was the opening of the National Juried Women's Exhibition at the Slater Museum here in Connecticut and I...
My Endless Source of Inspiration
By Polly Castor on June 22, 2019Read moreInspiration is something that streams to me and through me, and not ever something I generate or am responsible...
A Gentleman in Moscow (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on June 21, 2019Read moreI really enjoyed this charming, sentimental, well written book. I recommend it and give it five stars.
Breaking Through (New Abstract Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on June 20, 2019Read moreBreaking through was a break through for me in technique first and foremost. I love the fine stippled effect...
For God is All-in-All (poem by Ethel Margaret Soden)
By Polly Castor on June 19, 2019Read moreNo evil can touch me; no harm can befall, for He is my Father, my Mother,—my All.
Keep Going (Book Review with Quotes)
By Polly Castor on June 18, 2019Read moreI give this uplifting little volume, which is full of quotes, by a kindred spirit, a gentle five stars
Euphonium (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
By Polly Castor on June 17, 2019Read moreThis painting is part of my “sound” series, and sources from me playing baritone in the marching band, enjoying...
What Do I Really Need to Be Happy? (Sharon Salzberg Quote)
By Polly Castor on June 16, 2019Read more"As I go through all kinds of feelings and experiences in my journey through life — delight, surprise, chagrin,...
Thanks a Million (with Vegan Menu)
By Polly Castor on June 15, 2019Read moreLast night we honored our youngest daughter’s first physics teacher with dinner, and a thank you card complete with...
Six Color Studies I did at IAPS 2019
By Polly Castor on June 14, 2019Read moreHere are six of the eight color studies I did while I was at IAPS.
Red Light, Green Light (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on June 13, 2019Read moreThat hunch, the gut knowing that yes, I should go ahead with this but absolutely not with that...