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Burdick’s Hot Chocolate
By Polly Castor on November 22, 2014Read moreI met friends who thought I should experience Burdick’s hot chocolate while in Boston. We took the subway to...
00Restaurant Recommendation: Sweet Basil in Needham, Mass
By Polly Castor on November 21, 2014Read moreI have to give Siri, the disembodied voice on my smart phone, all the credit for this find.
Book Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
By Polly Castor on November 20, 2014Read moreThis is the type of book you go to book groups for. I would never have picked this one...
Recent Food Around Here
By Polly Castor on November 19, 2014Read moreHere is what we’ve been eating lately. Gone for a while are the days of beautiful food photography in...
The Two Places Jesus Told Us to Go
By Polly Castor on November 18, 2014Read moreWe are to go “into the closet” where materialism is silenced to pray and commune with the divine. We...
Recent Black and White Photos
By Polly Castor on November 17, 2014Read moreHere are the black and white photos I’ve taken recently...
Update on Our Older Daughter
By Polly Castor on November 16, 2014Read moreI am grateful to report that our older daughter is doing really well.
Quote About Power and True Ambition
By Polly Castor on November 15, 2014Read moreRight is the only real potency; and the only true ambition is to serve God and to help the...
Our Solar is Finally Installed!
By Polly Castor on November 14, 2014Read moreWell, after signing a contract last March, our solar is finally installed! This move makes sense both financially...
New Poem: Put Your Hands Up
By Polly Castor on November 13, 2014Read moreInstead, let go, and yes, you can do it, put your hands up all the way up.
New Pastel Landscape: Entering the Quarry Early in the Fall
By Polly Castor on November 12, 2014Read moreI finished this pastel landscape yesterday. It is of an early Sunday morning about six weeks ago at the...
New Poem: Pay Attention
By Polly Castor on November 11, 2014Read moreHeed with contemplation how incessant and perpetual and continuing and relentless such a list can be...