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We Met 34 Years Ago Today
By Polly Castor on October 9, 2022Read moreI am so grateful for this man and for the life we are making together.
92In the End (Poem by Jena Schwartz)
By Polly Castor on October 8, 2022Read moreIn the end the circle closes...
Eggplant Curry (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on October 7, 2022Read moreIt’s eggplant season and I’m delighted to add this flavorful, delicious, new way to cook it to my previous...
Photos of Student Work (Adventures in Abstraction Maine 2022)
By Polly Castor on October 6, 2022Read moreEveryone did a great job and there were plenty of great ideas to discuss and appreciate. Don’t you love...
My Workshop in Maine and What They Said About it (with Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 5, 2022Read moreI loved being with these wonderful women and am so grateful for their marvelously receptive hearts!
Five Plein Air Paintings I did on Monhegan Island
By Polly Castor on October 4, 2022Read moreHere are the results of my hiking and painting on Monhegan Island...
Monhegan Island: Hike Through Cathedral Forest to Squeaker Cove (Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 3, 2022Read moreI loved being surrounded with compositions and textures, trees and rocks, moss and roots, surf and sky. See in...
Monhegan Island: Rain, Galleries, New Friends and Food
By Polly Castor on October 2, 2022Read moreThe food and sense of community on Monhegan are wonderful and overcame the downer of bad weather.
Monhegan Island: Lobster Cove (Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 1, 2022Read moreWe enjoyed ourselves at Lobster Cove, surrounded by compositional shapes and great texture.
Bits and Clips for September 2022
By Polly Castor on September 30, 2022Read moreI hope you find something in all these photos, paintings, quotes, poems, memes, or links what inspires, interests, educates,...
Monhegan Island: Hike to White Head and Burnt Head (Photos)
By Polly Castor on September 29, 2022Read moreThe photos in this post provide not only a record of our wonderful hike, but are reference photos and...
Arriving on Monhegan Island (Photos)
By Polly Castor on September 28, 2022Read moreThree artist friends and I journeyed together to Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine to hike and plein...