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Mindfulness with a Teenager
By Polly Castor on December 3, 2012Read moreI’ve been marinating in proximity to teenagers for eight years now with only four more years to go: but...
00A Memorial to Zig Ziglar in Quotes
By Polly Castor on December 1, 2012Read moreDecades ago, I read and listened a lot to this motivational speaker and author. As today is his memorial...
Festive Home Show 2012
By Polly Castor on November 30, 2012Read moreOur youngest daughter and I are both in this Festive Home Show at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists. Consider...
My Two New Mixed Media Collages
By Polly Castor on November 29, 2012Read moreThe mixed media collage above is done with colored pencil, marker and tissue paper. The one below is done...
Photos of Charlie Crow
By Polly Castor on November 28, 2012Read moreA local friend recently obtained this African Crow as a pet. She walks around town with him tethered on...
Book Review: Thirteen Moons
By Polly Castor on November 27, 2012Read moreThis book is the reminiscence of a 90 year old man looking back on a remarkable life: he was...
Movie Review: Anna Karenina
By Polly Castor on November 26, 2012Read moreI was surprised to really like this movie. Notwithstanding it’s storyline about adultery, this movie’s theatric staging was...
Photos of Fall Reflections 2012 Part 2
By Polly Castor on November 25, 2012Read moreLove these fall reflections!
John Milton Quote; Art by Louis Bording
By Polly Castor on November 24, 2012Read more“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we...
Two New Gouaches
By Polly Castor on November 23, 2012Read moreI did these two new gouaches by candlelight during the hurricane and just today, with this excellent weather, I...
All the Kids Home for Thanksgiving
By Polly Castor on November 22, 2012Read moreOur refrigerator is crammed; yes, that’s seven pounds of butter you see, and four dozen eggs. All the kids...