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Book Review: Bright and Distant Shores
By Polly Castor on February 10, 2012Read moreThis interesting book was incredibly well written and I highly recommend it. I loved the depiction of the...
00Photos of our Re-blooming Amaryllis
By Polly Castor on February 9, 2012Read moreThe amaryllis are re-blooming again; they never cease inspiring me to photograph them...
Photos of Danbury High School
By Polly Castor on February 8, 2012Read moreToday I visited this high school in a district other than mine to pay for my son’s spring AP...
My Birthday
By Polly Castor on February 7, 2012Read moreAround the sun once more! I had a pleasant and low key birthday today, most of which was spent...
Book Review: Strokes of Genius
By Polly Castor on February 6, 2012Read moreThis is the first book in the Strokes of Genius: the Best of Drawing series. I came across...
Today’s Photos of Glass Block
By Polly Castor on February 5, 2012Read moreI couldn’t help but appreciate this wall of glass block in the library stairwell as well. And you wonder...
Movie Review: The Artist
By Polly Castor on February 4, 2012Read moreI enjoyed this movie even though I’ll only give it three stars. Maybe I was just glad to...
Recipe: Tofu with Shrimp and Vegetables
By Polly Castor on February 3, 2012Read moreThe spices in this are subtle; if you want it more spicy add some red pepper sauce
Groundhog Day Poem by Blog Reader
By Polly Castor on February 2, 2012Read moreSo Winter Passes: Deep and deeper still,/ beneath the ragged elms and gnarled oaks,/ tangled roots as fingers lie knotted,/ entwined together...
My Recent Digital Artwork
By Polly Castor on February 1, 2012Read moreHere is the digital artwork I’ve done recently.
Sixty Degrees in January?
By Polly Castor on January 31, 2012Read moreA year ago, we had bragging rights on 62 inches of snow in January alone. This January, the...
Book Review: The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay
By Polly Castor on January 30, 2012Read moreI had heard raves about this book and was disappointed; I give it only three stars. It may...