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Left for a Month Long Camping Trip with our Daughter
By Polly Castor on July 1, 2019Read moreOur younger daughter and I have left for a month long camping trip to Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,...
30Bits and Clips for June 2019
By Polly Castor on June 30, 2019Read moreI hope you find something in the links or many memes below that is interesting, helpful, enjoyable, or...
Let There be Spaces in Your Togetherness (Kahlil Gibran quote)
By Polly Castor on June 29, 2019Read moreLove one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the...
Grace Notes #21 (with Photos)
By Polly Castor on June 28, 2019Read moreSo now I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
A Printmaking Playdate
By Polly Castor on June 27, 2019Read moreWe had a great time in in her fabulous spot! I’m so grateful!
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on June 26, 2019Read moreWant an escape read for this summer that is neither banal, predictable, or mindless? This one could do quite...
Om (New Conceptualist Painting in Pastel by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on June 25, 2019Read moreI originally thought of depicting the concept of Om in a continuous, uneventful, horizontal line. But the more I...
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...
I’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...