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Photo Walk: Early Fall in Huntington State Park 2018
By Polly Castor on October 16, 2018Read moreFollow along with me on this long walk at Huntington State Park, which overlaps the borders of three towns...
00Colette (Movie Review)
By Polly Castor on October 15, 2018Read moreI've read and appreciated Colette's writing, so was glad to see the movie.
Reception for my Degrees of Abstraction Solo Show
By Polly Castor on October 14, 2018Read morePeople came from every department of my life: art people, church people, homeschooling people, book club people, students of...
Cheesy Lentil Cauliflower Soup (recipe)
By Polly Castor on October 13, 2018Read moreThis filling, cool weather food feels more decadent and scrumptious than Halloween candy, and is as easy as it...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on October 12, 2018Read moreThis tour de force, five star, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, at 654 tightly printed pages, took me a long...
Two New Abstract Paintings in Pastel that are in my Show
By Polly Castor on October 11, 2018Read moreHere are two examples of classic abstraction– abstractions (instead of impressions) of representational things that are in my current...
Blessed Are You (Poem by Fred Turpin)
By Polly Castor on October 10, 2018Read moreBlessed are you who rage at injustice, yet at peace deep within the heart.
I Met my Husband 30 Years Ago Today
By Polly Castor on October 9, 2018Read moreI wrote up the miraculous story of how we met; I think it bears repeating here today. Please go...
Visiting My Solo Show During the Apple Festival
By Polly Castor on October 8, 2018Read moreWe went together to my one woman show in the gallery in Southington during the mobbed 50th Annual Apple...
Welcome in the Christ (Deep Think #8)
By Polly Castor on October 7, 2018Read moreRemember the most important element: there can be no healing without the presence of the Christ.
The Fall of the Leaf (Poem by Henry David Thoreau)
By Polly Castor on October 6, 2018Read moreGrown tired of this rank summer's wealth, Its raw and superficial show...
Be a Lady, They Said (Quote by Camille Rainville)
By Polly Castor on October 5, 2018Read moreDon’t say yes. Don’t say no. Just “be a lady” they said.