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Book Review: Pollan Family Table Cookbook
By Polly Castor on October 18, 2016Read moreI spent some time over the weekend reading this cookbook, and trying the recipes, and got some great ideas...
80Two New Abstract Paintings of Autumn
By Polly Castor on October 17, 2016Read moreThese two abstract paintings depict autumn foliage in morning mist, with vibrant leaf color emerging and popping in refracting...
David Abrams Quote: Talk to, Not only About
By Polly Castor on October 16, 2016Read moreHow insulting to the other beings--to foraging black bears and twisted old cypresses--that no longer sense us talking to...
Movie Review: Queen of Katwe
By Polly Castor on October 15, 2016Read moreI love a story about rising up from behind and winning that shows the indomitability of the human spirit....
Featured Artist: Maurice Esteve
By Polly Castor on October 14, 2016Read moreBy doing my part in furthering his work, maybe I can help him eventually become well known.
Jeannine’s Cats on the Beach
By Polly Castor on October 13, 2016Read moreAs a photographer, I loved the contrast between the cats soft fur and the course beach rocks and sand.
Recent Black & White Photographs
By Polly Castor on October 12, 2016Read moreHere are the black and white photographs I've taken recently...
Grace Notes #1
By Polly Castor on October 11, 2016Read more"Grace notes" will occasionally capture my jottings of incidental gratitude for sacramental moments in the shards of daily...
New Poem: Northeast Harbor Marina
By Polly Castor on October 10, 2016Read moreSuch static power chomps at the bit restless to fly free but meanwhile, moored on a glassy calm...
Other Maine Photos 2016
By Polly Castor on October 9, 2016Read moreIn this post are are many of my various and sundry photos from my recent trips to Maine...
Movie Review: Sully
By Polly Castor on October 8, 2016Read moreDo you remember when a passenger plane crash-landed in the Hudson, and everyone survived? This movie is of that...
Two New Collages
By Polly Castor on October 7, 2016Read moreI enjoy the process of making my own papers for collage and then fitting them together to express something...