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Good Show: Art by Laura Wilk and Marisa Taddei
By Polly Castor on December 9, 2009Read moreI saw art by these two artists at a show at the Wilton Library in Connecticut, where they will...
00Book Review: Five Quarters of the Orange
By Polly Castor on December 8, 2009Read moreWow. This is quite a book. I find myself wanting to discuss it with someone, so I think it...
A Sparkling Morning
By Polly Castor on December 7, 2009Read moreIt was a fairyland here yesterday morning. If I had been more on the ball, I would have gotten...
Photos of Moss and Lichen on Tree Trunks
By Polly Castor on December 6, 2009Read moreIt is surprising how green our tree trunks are here. Enjoy…
Eighth Page Done in My New Box-A-Day Art Journal
By Polly Castor on December 5, 2009Read moreThis page represents November 11, 2009 to December 4, 2009 See close-up entries below. Enjoy!
Encouraging Words
By Polly Castor on December 4, 2009Read moreEver since I was little, I’ve loved a pithy quote. These are the ones I’ve been pondering and applying...
Festive Home Guild Show
By Polly Castor on December 3, 2009Read moreI visited the show that I submitted two paintings for as I discussed (click here) in a former blog...
My New Painting
By Polly Castor on December 2, 2009Read moreI completed a project that had been following me around for weeks and finally I deserved the time to...
Book Review: Buying a Piece of Paris
By Polly Castor on December 1, 2009Read moreI’m in the middle of reading long winded but helpful how-to books, some deeply dense, thought provoking spiritual stuff,...
Photos of Wet November by the River
By Polly Castor on November 30, 2009Read moreEven dismal weather can be beautiful if you just look more closely, as these photos show. I’m enjoying the...
Movie Review: Calendar Girls
By Polly Castor on November 29, 2009Read moreI didn’t see this movie when it came out back in 2003 because of the premise: women disrobing for...
New Poem by me: Peripheral Gratitude
By Polly Castor on November 28, 2009Read morePeripheral Gratitude The obvious stuff I’m grateful for too But these often unstated things need to be added to...