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What to Do With All This Eggplant!
By Polly Castor on October 6, 2016Read moreMy husband grew all this eggplant, and more. With all this at once, we had to process it for...
10Walt Whitman Quote: “This is What You Shall Do”
By Polly Castor on October 5, 2016Read more...dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest...
Fun Weekend with Friends in Western Massachusetts
By Polly Castor on October 4, 2016Read moreFour couples we know got together for a house party last weekend in western Massachusetts and we had a...
Featured Artist: The Fused Glass Landscapes of Alice Gebhart
By Polly Castor on October 3, 2016Read morecheck out this new and fabulous YouTube video I just watched of her process. Wonderful work!
Attempting to Fly from Emptiness?
By Polly Castor on October 2, 2016Read moreChoose wisely how you fly.
Recipe: Peppers Stuffed with Quinoa and Black Beans
By Polly Castor on October 1, 2016Read moreFor the beautiful peppers shown below that my husband grew, I wanted a mild stuffed pepper recipe that was...
Bits and Clips for September 2016
By Polly Castor on September 30, 2016Read moreThis is a monthly feature on this blog where I share the best that I read, listened to, watched,...
Why I Don’t Drink Alcohol
By Polly Castor on September 29, 2016Read moreOnce you’ve experienced the clean living high of a well connected bliss, you will not trade it for anything....
Book Review: House of Thieves
By Polly Castor on September 28, 2016Read moreFull of high society on the one hand, and squalor, poverty, and depravity on the other, it is this...
New Poem: Being the Mother of Adult Children
By Polly Castor on September 27, 2016Read moreI think now what I would want my kids to do in my situation, and then go and try...
New Plein Air Oil Painting: Morning on Chaffinch Island
By Polly Castor on September 26, 2016Read moreI enjoyed painting this on location on Chaffinch Island in Connecticut with a limited palette.
Mid Maine Botanical Gardens
By Polly Castor on September 25, 2016Read moreHighly recommended for its beauty, and a great place to play with a child!