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Beka Copper and Alanna Series By Tamora Pierce (Review)
By Polly Castor on August 14, 2019Read moreThese engaging books are great for their invincibly strong female characters, and the fascinatingly thorough world building the author...
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Java Jacks Fabulous Seafood Chowder Recipe
By Polly Castor on August 13, 2019Read moreNewfoundland seafood chowder is particularly good. Here is how they make it.

Gallery and Gift Shop Beauties We Didn’t Buy
By Polly Castor on August 12, 2019Read moreNot shoppers, here are the best of the few galleries, bookstore and crafts we saw on our jaunt to...

The Hymn We’ve Been Singing Repeatedly
By Polly Castor on August 11, 2019Read moreWe sang this hymn throughout our trip, riveted to both the meaning of the words and the beautiful melody.

Featured Artist: Christine Koch
By Polly Castor on August 10, 2019Read moreWe loved meeting Christine Koch in Woody Point, Newfoundland, and loved her printmaking and gouache paintings. I thought you'd...

Save Me the Plums (Book Review with Recipes)
By Polly Castor on August 9, 2019Read moreIf you are interested in the food industry, or in publishing, or in memoirs about working lives rather then...

Camping Trip 2019 Summary Poem (and Route Map)
By Polly Castor on August 8, 2019Read moreThis poem and its map summarize a fabulous five week camping trip together with our daughter to eastern Canada.

Home Again Home Again Jiggety Jig
By Polly Castor on August 7, 2019Read moreSuch a wonderful trip, and such a nice home to come home to.

Day 37: Sunrises and Sunsets from the Trip
By Polly Castor on August 6, 2019Read moreWhile we drive the last leg home, I thought you could marvel at this collection of five weeks of...

Day 36: Visiting a Friend in Vermont on the Way Home
By Polly Castor on August 5, 2019Read moreA visit to a church friend, as well as the Cabot cheese factory, after a thunderstorm drive followed by...

Day 35: Miscellaneous Trip Photos
By Polly Castor on August 4, 2019Read moreSince we're driving homeward I thought I'm share some miscellaneous photos from the trip...

Day 34: Five Plein Air Paintings and a Necklace in Baxter
By Polly Castor on August 3, 2019Read moreWhile I painted these five pastel paintings, our daughter stitched together a complex necklace of seed beads.
