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Book Review: Robert McCloskey
By Polly Castor on August 22, 2013Read moreWhile I was in Maine and in his stomping grounds, I read this biography of one of my favorite...
00A Bumper Crop of Peaches
By Polly Castor on August 21, 2013Read moreOur peach tree has so many peaches we had to install three props like the one shown below just to...
Prayer Paintings and Condolences
By Polly Castor on August 20, 2013Read moreI have heard from so many of you with beautiful and heartfelt condolences, and I wanted to take this...
Reminiscences of my Mother
By Polly Castor on August 19, 2013Read moreMy mom’s mother was strong and smart, a beautiful lady with thick hair and lavender eyes. She didn’t get...
Poem: My Mother Passed on Today
By Polly Castor on August 18, 2013Read moreMy mother passed on today. My mother passed on today. No tribute will ever be adequate. I was...
My Newspaper Article: Opposing GMOs
By Polly Castor on August 17, 2013Read moreI am a regular contributor to the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith column, which is also picked up...
Laura’s Quarry Party 2013
By Polly Castor on August 16, 2013Read moreFor many years our youngest has celebrated her half birthday with a party at the Quarry. Here are the...
The Best Fried Whole-bellied Clams
By Polly Castor on August 14, 2013Read moreThe website for The Brick House says, the have the best fried clams in the county, but I’ve heard others say...
A Terrific Old Cabin
By Polly Castor on August 13, 2013Read moreOur wonderful hostess grew up spending summers in this wonderful cabin, which her Swiss parents purchased in the 1940’s....
I Picked Our Daughter Up from Her Summer Program
By Polly Castor on August 12, 2013Read moreWhen I picked our younger daughter up from her Summer Field Institute Program at the College of the Atlantic,...
Poem: Isle au Haut
By Polly Castor on August 11, 2013Read moreIsle au Haut …surging, lapping, thrashing tides, in and out sharp cliffs, jagged stones, pinnacle precipices and squeaky,...
Isle au Haut Sunsets
By Polly Castor on August 10, 2013Read moreSuch pageantry in these slowly morphing displays!