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Some Photos of Sheep
By Polly Castor on August 2, 2012Read moreThese are the sheep at New Pond Farm...
00Book Review: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
By Polly Castor on August 1, 2012Read moreAlthough I can give this memoir only three stars – due to too much emphasis on bodily functions and...
Book Review: American Grown
By Polly Castor on July 31, 2012Read moreThe Kitchen Garden at the White House, begun by Mrs. Obama in 2009, has come to symbolize bringing the...
Recipe: Summer Squash & Spinach Casserole
By Polly Castor on July 30, 2012Read moreGot a ton of summer squash? This is delicious and a great way to combine the scores of...
Poem by Jena Strong: What if?
By Polly Castor on July 29, 2012Read moreWhat If? What if you knew that everything was going to be okay, that something was in motion beyond...
Good Picture Books for Kindergarten
By Polly Castor on July 28, 2012Read moreMy niece just finished her first year teaching kindergarten in a top ranked magnet school. Recently, I shopped an...
Community Painting Project
By Polly Castor on July 27, 2012Read moreWhen I was painting today, it seemed all around me were people salivating to paint. One grandmother told me...
Photos of Savoy Cabbage
By Polly Castor on July 26, 2012Read moreAs you’ve been hearing, our CSA is wonderful. This vegetable, received today, is an object of art!
My New Poem: What Does the Christ Do?
By Polly Castor on July 25, 2012Read moreThe Christ: wakes us from every nightmare/ removes apathy, terror, frustration and distress/ annihilates distraction, procrastination, and inhibition/...
Watercolors Done at the Quarry
By Polly Castor on July 24, 2012Read moreOne of the things I promised my 15 year old this summer is to take time each day for...
Movie Review: Brave
By Polly Castor on July 23, 2012Read moreMy husband is a Pixar fan and he was the driving force behind seeing this film. We enjoyed...
Other Photos from Sidewalk Sale
By Polly Castor on July 22, 2012Read moreYesterday I posted photos of people I was cherishing at our sidewalk sale. Here are the other photographs...