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Advice for a First Time Homeschooler
By Polly Castor on September 10, 2015Read moreRecently, on the Connecticut Homeschool Network a first year homeschooler solicited experienced homeschoolers to share one piece of advice...
40New Poem: 2+2=4
By Polly Castor on September 9, 2015Read moreConsider two plus two equals four In the farthest reaches of the universe In every language, for every race and species For...
Plein Air Oil Painting on the Humid Hudson
By Polly Castor on September 8, 2015Read moreToday was my first excursion with the Hudson Valley Plein Air Society, and we went to Boscobell with its...
A Tribute to Wayne Dyer in Memes
By Polly Castor on September 7, 2015Read moreCheck out some of what I especially appreciate that he advocated shown in memes here in this post...
Movie Review: War Room
By Polly Castor on September 6, 2015Read moreI loved the content, theme, and message of this movie, however the execution of the film brings my review...
A Poem by S’zanne Reynolds
By Polly Castor on September 5, 2015Read moreFlames dance, embers fly, raindrops singe, the campfire cries. Howls rise up over the wind's refrain...
Harvesting Tomatoes From Our Yard
By Polly Castor on September 4, 2015Read moreWe have been bringing in these beauties and mostly roasting them. The abundance is wonderful!
Empty Nesting (i.e. What Now?)
By Polly Castor on September 3, 2015Read moreSo many of you have asked what are or plans now that we have no children left under our...
A Mother’s Advice to her College Freshman Daughter
By Polly Castor on September 2, 2015Read moreInstead of a scattered bunch of verbal advice, our daughter asked for me to share what wisdom I wanted...
Last Two Trip Watercolors in my Artist’s Journal
By Polly Castor on September 1, 2015Read moreI realized I never posted these last two watercolors from the trip done in my artist journal, so here...
Juniata Freshman Dorm Drop Off
By Polly Castor on August 31, 2015Read moreWe got up early and drove through the beautiful morning mist to the Juniata campus. It is the first...
Getting Ready and on Our Way to College
By Polly Castor on August 30, 2015Read moreWe've been scrambling around running errands to get our daughter set to go off to college. She did a...