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Islesford Workshop: The People and Their Work
By Polly Castor on September 16, 2016Read moreIt was fun to discover what we had in common, and to see the different approaches and styles to...
40Henry Isaacs / Ashley Bryan Workshop Notes
By Polly Castor on September 15, 2016Read moreA powerhouse group, their advice was gentle and encouraging, freeing and supportive, and blissfully without prescription. If I taught,...
Featured Artist: Ashley Bryan
By Polly Castor on September 14, 2016Read moreI will never forget this man's energy, love of color, excitement for the creative process, his great attitude, and...
Two Islesford Apple Trees I Painted
By Polly Castor on September 13, 2016Read moreSince it was foggy during the workshop, I did not paint any grand vistas as I expected, but instead...
On My Way to Little Cranberry Island for a Painting Workshop
By Polly Castor on September 12, 2016Read moreI was so delighted to squeeze in at the last minute to Henry Isaacs and Ashley Bryan's last Painting...
My Invocation at our 9/11 Anniversary Service
By Polly Castor on September 11, 2016Read moreToday I am giving the invocation for our 9/11 fifteenth anniversary memorial service sponsored by our local clergy association....
Shackleton Quote
By Polly Castor on September 10, 2016Read moreIn honor of the 100th anniversary of the Shackleton crew survival in Antarctica, here is his excerpt on the...
Homegrown Vegetables
By Polly Castor on September 9, 2016Read moreThere have been lots of beans, broccoli, eggplant, pears, peppers, carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, cantaloupe, onions, and absolutely enormous butternut...
Amazing Tomato Harvest
By Polly Castor on September 8, 2016Read moreEach season we lose more of our front yard to this project, but these photos show that it is...
Hike to Beech Mountain Fire Lookout
By Polly Castor on September 7, 2016Read moreThe views in every direction were marvelous!
Spontaneously Abstract Campus Kiosk Art
By Polly Castor on September 6, 2016Read moreThere is great inspirational fodder here for collage artists, don't you agree?
Movie Review: Kubo and the Two Strings
By Polly Castor on September 5, 2016Read moreI don't recommend seeing this film because the story line doesn't make a whole lot of sense and I...