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Ideas

Why Fish Don’t Exist (Book Review)

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 by Polly Castor
Why Fish Don't Exist book review

This is genre-bending reading, part memoir, part biography of David Star Jordan, part expose and social commentary, part existential philosophy by an atheist searching for the meaning of life in a world filled with entropy.

Categories Books, Ideas Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Memoir, Science Leave a comment

Upon this Rock I Shall Build my Church (Deep Think #20 )

September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 by Polly Castor
Upon this rock I shall build my church

Upon what is the church to be built?

Categories Hope, Ideas, Spirituality Tags authenticity, Bible, Christ, Christian, Deep Think, Essay, God, life lessons, Mindfulness 3 Comments

Invent Your Own Life’s Meaning (Bill Watterson Quote)

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022 by Polly Castor
Invent

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.

Categories Ideas Tags authenticity, life lessons, Quotes, Release 1 Comment

Queen Elisabeth II Remembered

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022 by Polly Castor
Queen Elizabeth II remembered

Her legacy is enormous and there are mountains of life lessons we can all learn from her…

Categories Ideas, Photography Tags gratitude, life lessons, Release, Virtue 6 Comments

Bits and Clips for August 2022

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 by Polly Castor

I hope you find something in all these photos, paintings, quotes, poems, or links what inspires, educates, helps, motivates, or enlightens you:

Categories Ideas Tags Art by Others, Bits and Clips, Memes, Quotes 2 Comments

Fun to See my Merchandise in Use

August 29, 2022 by Polly Castor
Polly Castor Art Merchandise

Treat yourself to some more color in your life, or order some great gifts to brighten up the lives of your friends and family!

Categories Ideas Tags abundance, Fun, Gift Ideas 1 Comment

Writing and Art Journaling Prompts

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 by Polly Castor
Writing and Art Journaling Prompts

Have fun with this and dig deep for best results!

Categories Art, Hope, Ideas Tags art journals, authenticity, creativity, Mindfulness, sketchbook ideas 4 Comments

Food Photography with Recipe Links (Summer 2022)

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 by Polly Castor

I hope this gives you some ideas of what to make for you and yours!

Categories Food, Ideas Tags food photography, Mindfulness, Organic food, Recipes 3 Comments

It is my Response that Decides (Goethe Quote)

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022 by Polly Castor
Goethe Quote

I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous.

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags life lessons, Mindfulness, Quotes 4 Comments

Grace Notes (#42 with Photos)

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 by Polly Castor
Grace Notes #42 with photos

I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.

Categories Ideas Tags grace notes, gratitude 4 Comments

The Habit of Awe and Wonder (Quote from Kelly Givens)

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 by Polly Castor
The Habit of Awe and Wonder (Quote from Kelly Givens)

“I believe there are certain habits that, if practiced, will stimulate the growth of humble roots in our lives…

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags abundance, authenticity, gratitude, Mindfulness, Nature, Quotes, Virtue Leave a comment

Learning New Vocabulary with Anki Pro App

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022 by Polly Castor
Learning vocabulary with anki pro

It is fun and it feels good to not just get to a place in one’s learning and accept coasting.

Categories Ideas Tags education, Mindfulness, Virtue 1 Comment

Playing Small? (Quote by Annie Dillard)

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 by Polly Castor
Playing small quote by Annie Dillard

We are raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain, or Lazarus.

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags Quotes 3 Comments

Self-Care and Self-Love (Blog Resources)

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 by Polly Castor
Self-care and Self-Love Resources

God has blessed all of us with you, please accept the blessing of yourself!

Categories Hope, Ideas, Spirituality Tags advice, authenticity, Christian, gratitude, happiness, life lessons, Mindfulness, Relationship with God, Release, Spiritual Healing, Virtue 2 Comments

Bits and Clips for July 2022

July 31, 2022July 31, 2022 by Polly Castor

Hope you find something in these many poems, quotes, paintings, photographs, memes, and links that inspires, motivates, educates, inspires, or helps you:

Categories Ideas Tags Art by Others, Bits and Clips, Memes, poetry by others, Quotes Leave a comment

Live for Each Other (Frederick Buechner quote)

July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 by Polly Castor
Live for Each Other (Frederick Buechner quote

Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me.

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags community, Family, life lessons, Virtue 3 Comments

Come to my Abstraction in Pastel Workshop in Maine in September

November 22, 2024July 14, 2022 by Polly Castor
Adventures in Abstraction Workshop for Pastel in September 2022 in Maine

I hope you’ll sign up and come!

Categories Art, Ideas Tags Abstract Art, education, Maine, pastel, teaching 1 Comment
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Reviews from Readers

Polly this is absolutely exquisite and so inspiring. I will refer to it often.

What an inspiring and uplifting painting. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with the world!

Thanks for sharing from the seat of your soul with generosity and openness.

Yes, lots of good flavor triggers in there. I printed it out and will try it. Thanks so much!

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

Let’s all have a productive day and be joyful!

Thank you for sharing this.
Strange, nothing surprising here.
You are who you are.

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This blog is so prolific and original, inspiring and joy producing.

Polly! I love this poem! Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Yes!! Thank you for all the delightful imagery!

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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Polly, your reflection of Soul’s endless creativity is truly wonderful! Thank you for letting the divine shine through you so brightly!

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Thank you for revealing this idea you’ve been following. I can tell when an angel has tapped me on the shoulder–it feels light and right and fun.

I enjoy your blog so much. But today you are on top. Every thought you expressed so lovingly…. some very funny but always with love. Thank you for all you bring to so many .

Wow, super powerful and definitely what I needed to hear today.

Your blog is full of the wonderful, multilayered colors and textures that you play with, and share so unselfishly with the world.

So beautiful and I have shared it with so many others. Thank you!

I find the ideas you share on your blog very encouraging in having a sense of order when it comes to goals and priorities.

Thank you for this….I absolutely love reading it!

Love your pastels!

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I have just started this book and am really loving it! Thank you so much for recommending it.

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You share so freely, with so so so much love and joy and an open-open-heart…

Your posts are treasure troves of your beautiful and giving heart.

Thank you Polly–you are always such a clear thinker and always willing to share your God-given gifts.

The Spirit at work is so well described here. In between the lines I read that
our only true peace is in pleasing Our Creator! Thank you deeply, Polly!

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This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

Excellent post, dear Polly! Thanks!! There is lots that I relate to in your comments!

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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I think you have covered absolutely every way anyone would wish to be blessed

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I have tremendous admiration for your strength, your depth, your compassion, your passion and your love. You are a woman deeply filled to the brim…

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I’m new to your site and I love today’s post about being grateful!

I appreciate the joy, inspiration, and great information you provide us in your blogs.

Putting the art of poetry, photography and painting into your hands is God’s gift to us who get to read it and see it. Thanks.

Very helpful in these seemingly uncertain times. I found a couple of specific ideas expressed here that apply to a specific situation in my life. Thank you!

Such a complete radiance of Soul you are demonstrating. I find it very inspiring!

Thanks, Polly! Your zest for the good things in life makes me feel happy too!

Thank you, Polly, for bringing clarity to the stressful events we’re experiencing. Your insights are thought-provoking and inspirational. I’m very thankful for your blog.

Thank you for focusing in on and capturing the little things we so often pass by and/or take for granted.

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

The colors are exquisite!!! Thanks for bringing so much beauty into our lives.

Wow! What a stunning collection of gorgeous images and though-provoking quotes. They made my day.

You encourage me to grow with your everyday wisdom and your lovely contributions.

I just adore all of your wonderful posts and everything that you share so generously. ????? You have a beautiful sense of soul that you share – it blesses me and so many!

Polly, you are a whiz at living life the way it’s meant to be. I’m fascinated by all you do!

My mother adores your blog and speaks to me often about what recent nugget you shared which she thought was wonderful!

Beautiful photos! All that color, texture & gorgeous pattern….

Polly, what amazing and timely insight in these wise words! Thanks for sharing this wisdom.

I LOVE YOU!!

You amuse-inspire-edify-entertain-inform-uplift-enhance-educate-color!-…my days!

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

Your reading challenge has inspired me and given me permission to read again, as previously I had just fitted reading round everything else. Now it is a legitimate activity in my life and I am enjoying it immensely!

Thank you for your transparency of love, your generous sharing of what you are pondering and doing.

I read and feel the security of the hearth and home. Many thanks…

Thank you for the joy you share. I look forward to reading your posts!

Thank you for sharing this quote. It is very appropriate for our times. A beautiful wake up call to change our thinking and focus on what is real and true.

Thank you for sharing yourself and creativity in such a transparent way, it is very inspiring and humbling to me.

Your blog is uplifting and enlightening, and seems to speak to me just when I need it most.

I love that you live such an active life, have so many interests, and share your insights with me. Your blog is like a conversation with a dear friend.

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This is a fantastic article Polly…so much in it, I know I’ll have to re read it at least twice more!

Thank you Polly, for saying what needs to be said.

Thank you for the insight. Especially separating church from a building or denomination. The passion and joy of color in your paintings is marvelous.

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

Love the photos, as usual. You are a Creative Genius, Polly.

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

Thank you for using this platform to share these references for listening & learning. Now the work required to make a lasting change is up to each of us! ❤️

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

Wow! Love the abundance of exotic shapes and colours in the Autumn sunshine!

I love your blog! I shared it with my mom, an artist, and she is impressed with your art. I’ve also spent time studying your paintings. Just listened to your interview, it was stellar! Thank you!!

Really enjoyed your poem on Animal magnetism. Very clear truths. Thank you. Your vibrant art work is superb.

Your poem feels like a lesson, a treatment, and a love letter all rolled into one perfect package.
Thank you, Polly.

I’m grateful for you opening my eyes to the wonders that surround us.

I want to express my gratitude to you for such a well thought out essay. I found it quite enriching and resonate with those true answers.

I am one of your readers who definitely looks forward to a positive message from you every morning. You grow people.

How blessed we are to have someone like you on this Earth.

Polly, I love your poem “you were never unwanted”. This poem really hit home. Thank you for your words of wisdom

You are … just plain wonderful, Polly! Your blog is bursting with poetry, art, writings, love of God, family, friends, all things great and wonderful and good!

I did your 52 books challenge, and loved the structure that it provided to my selections. Doing it again this year too!

Oh yum, Polly… These gorgeous photos made my mouth water and my eyes pop!

I am touched by this well thought out, well written essay. You have put into words what so many of us have in our minds and hearts. Thank you!

I’ve just finished this book and I loved it! Thanks for recommending it.

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

I for one want to thank you so much for writing this blog. I started about a year ago and look forward to reading it every day. I feel like an armchair adventurer…

That’s all very helpful for me today, Polly. Thanks for going deep on this. I’m sharing your joy in our Source.

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

Thank you Polly for this article on supply! I cherish the healing thoughts therein very much, and they are very helpful.

Thank you for this exercise in balance, Polly. Helps a lot!

Polly, I am absolutely amazed. My mouth was watering! I’ll be thinking about it all night…and tomorrow we will break out the paints!

I love your website, messages, poems and art. Thank you for the blessing of community that you provide.

Your multiple images and vocabulary choices give energy and renewed resolve to flagging spirits. Thank you for sharing.

I love your Blog, Polly!! Therefore, I love you! Your art, your poetry, your philosophy, your religion, your book reviews, your photography, your … husband!

I loved this post! It gave me much to think about. Thank you for being such a beautiful and prolific source of inspiration. You are a wonder! I’m a fan!

Polly, I needed you today and there you were and it was enough. Thank you for being a motivator.

Magnificent poem. How blest you are to be a poet, photographer, artist, metaphysician, all wrapped up into One.

I always appreciate your reviews. Our fave film in 2019 was The Green Book – which we watched following your recommendation.

I love this poem, Polly, and I shall read it often! I feel sure it will help lift my thought to healing.

All of your work is eye and mind popping. I love it!

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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This blog is simultaneously simple and profound– a perfect, balanced combination of seriousness and light.

Love your blog. Today’s was dynamite, and very helpful for understanding our role as individuals at this time.

You are an inspiration to me, and I’m sure to many others. With appreciation for all you do to magnify good!

You capture so vividly the beauty of nature. Thank you for bringing such beauty into my every day.

Thank you for all your uplifting daily contributions, wherever form they take – photos, recipes, artwork, book reviews and smiley faces!

Grace is a beautiful quality and you exude it in spades – thanks so much for all you do and are! You are a treasure!

Thankful every morning to see another treasure from you in my emails !

Thank you for your ultra positive, upbeat, cheering and cheerful expressions in so many forms. What great seeds to sow in world thought!

Your photos have opened my eyes to the beauty surrounding us everywhere.

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

Love all you do and express. You’re an amazing role model!!

This blog deeply resonates while being beautiful, delicious, inspiring, and fun. Not easy to do!

I am so happy to have found your site and to be able to enjoy your expression of Spirit! Love your poetry, your photos, your ideas, your …YOU! THANK you for sharing so abundantly!

Once again, you have come through for us with such clear and coherent thinking and put into words the feelings in our hearts.

Polly, thanks for “amplifying good”. That’s what you really do!

Polly, I just love your spirit, innovativeness, receptivity to beauty and to God’s goodness expressed. Thank you for your blog.

I made your fabulous Fish Tacos and they were BEYOND delicious!!

Oh so beautiful! I keep coming back to look at the paintings again.

Thank you for the constant good thoughts and beautiful expressions of love and joy that you share on your blog.

Your blog has inspired me to get back into painting, cooking, prayer and meditation.

I really enjoy reading your blog – but I have to say that your monthly ‘Bits and Clips’ posts and your ‘Grace Notes’ posts are my favorite :)

I wanted you to know that I found the time I spent on your blog to be relaxing, refreshing, inspiring, and totally enjoyable.

I love this poem! Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Yes!! Thank you for all the delightful imagery!

Gorgeous new work. I love the vitality of the city scenes and vibrant color palette.

So beautiful, Polly. Thank you for spelling out – through such artful means – the beauty of patience.

Thanks for the nudge!

You continue to inspire, impress, and
amaze me, Polly.

Neat! Love the black and white contrasts enhanced by the light.

I am a silent regular reader of your daily blog, and I’m finally in touch to tell you how much I like it. I love it!

I truly love and am inspired by your blog, including capturing the beauty of life in the moment, teaching by example, taking time with children, and spirituality.

Oh how I love this! Thank you, thank you!

Thank you Polly for sharing those wise words! I heartily agree with them all now I have a bigger perspective on life.

You are my favorite artist. I just have to say it. Your paintings make me so happy.

Thank you so much for this wonderful insight! You put into words what I have been grappling with for a long time. This is just what I needed today.

Everything on your site is so colorful, spiritual and alive!

Thank you for your generosity and your overflowing sense of soul which you share so beautifully and articulately with everyone!!

Wow. Yes, quite something to contemplate. Thank you, Polly!!

Thank you for bringing your beautiful great outdoors into my world.
You do a great job taking pictures. The colors are so vibrant and I like that you notice
shadows.

I just want to say that I have really been enjoying your blog! It gives me hope for the world…

I think one reason I enjoy your blog is that you Stand Forth In All Your God-given Glory, expressing everything Good!

Love the poem so so much and the first painting with the trees is INCREDIBLE!!

LOVE it. Made me smile while I was reading it.

Your food is presented in such an artistic way that it looks beautiful, wholesome and totally delicious!!

Thank you for writing this opinion so eloquently, Polly. You have addressed many nuances that I have been espousing for years, and your words are powerful and thought-provoking.

I can’t tell you how helpful this has been to me today. I must’ve read it half a dozen times or more. It’s helping me with a great challenge. Thank you!

I must find the higher spiritual path that nature often helps me see. Thank you for this beautiful poem.

You show us how God’s love shines in all things. You are a blessing!

I loved this book, Polly. Thank you so much for the recommendation.

Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

I appreciate your blog. It’s a breath of fresh air, beauty, and innovative thinking!

Thank you for this. Read it. Gave me hope. Going through an “unsure” time. Thank you for these words of strength, hope, and faith.

Thank you so much for this thoughtful, informative and articulate book review, Polly!

You are so incredibly sweet, gracious, kind, thoughtful, creative, generous, joyful, witty, courageous, tender, persistent, compassionate, brilliant, articulate, ad infinitum!

I get so happy when I see your paintings. I really do. They bring me such joy. I feel your heart when I see them.

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

You are such an inspiring person, Polly, and I love the variety of your activities you share with us all! Thank you so much.

Wow, you outdid yourself this month with your Bits and Clips. It was a wonderful mix of beauty, humor, and thoughtfulness.

I enjoy your strong, bold artwork– there is so much going on in them that my imagination takes off. I really appreciate your blog. It brings joy every day.

Love your blog’s colour and joyfulness and the inspiring leads, Polly. Easy to see why you are much loved. Thank you.

Polly, please keep sharing these pages! I love seeing them. You inspired me to do the same thing.

Every day I look forward to your blog. It’s encouraging me to find ways to express what God reveals in me.

Polly, I’m grateful for you, your prayerful work, your blog, your art, photos, words and colors.

Thank you so.much, Polly. It says with abundant clarity what thousands upon thousands of thoughtful men and women think and believe. I appreciate you!!

I am grateful for the myriad ways you celebrate Life in your art, activities and relationships. Your blog is inspiring in its magnification of Soulful goodness!

These photos are so wonderful, it really warms the heart.

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing…. like a bird, natural and beautiful, just singing out truth in her special song on a fine winter morning.

Thank you for sharing such a personal, and at the same time, universal, love of beauty.

This is a beautiful summary and reminder of how we can both individually and collectively dissolve the powerless, baseless lies with Truth. Thank you, Polly!!

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

With its awesome art, recipes, book reviews, and really excellent writing, this blog is the perfect corner of the internet.

I recently I recommended your blog to a friend saying, “She’s like a dear friend, she just doesn’t know me.” Thank you for all the delight you add to my days!

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

What a beautiful spirit you have, shining right through your source.

Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

This is relevant and an excellent way for me to look at some situations I have been in recently.
Thank you Polly.
I will continue to benefit…

Thank you very much, Polly. You are a bright light!

Thank you for bringing your hydrangeas into my home via the internet. Other flowers are lovely too, but hydrangeas are SPECIAL.

Thank you Polly for your radiant joy and embrace of each of us, wrapping us in your color and beauty of Soul.

I feel the joy and love of the color and thought in all your work! You are letting your light shine.

This is so well thought out and written. Thank you for this compelling essay. I agree with you on all points, Polly.

I have been blessed beyond words by your daily posts. I often quote you to others, saying I got the idea from a wonderful friend I’ve never actually met.

Thank you for sharing the joy of your trip with us. I feel blessed this morning to know you in all the ways you reveal good and magnify it.

Synesthesia! I can taste the yellows and hear the oranges! A feast to the senses! Brava talented Polly

I love the photos – such a gift which makes me feel closer to Fall, my favorite season.

What an incredible blessing and inspiration you are. Thank you so much for your beautiful heart!

Providing us with wonderful refreshment, enlightenment, peace, encouragement, joy,
and a whole lot more. Thanks, Polly!

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

I’m so grateful for all you share with us.

When I open my email in the morning I read all the have-to emails first; I save yours to read as dessert. Thanks, Polly!

Absolutely stunning, Polly. I love the infinite range of ideas, expression, and media in this BIG blog of yours.

I look forward to your messages each day, like a delightful gift to unwrap.

Quite unforgettable. You truly have a way with words:warm; strong; inviting; enlightening; so substantive, and more.

What a delight to experience the beauty of nature you shared of your slice of the world through these beautiful photos.

You have a great eye for beauty Polly. I love your blog.

I feel such gratitude for the beautiful way in which you express God. Thanks for blessing my life and being such a shining light in the world!

Yes indeed! You are a shining light and you are definitely using all your wonderful talents

Graciously and lovingly spoken, like a true friend to all. Thank you for your blog Polly.

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

I just love your photos, Polly. Whether it’s food or art or nature . . . They are always so beautiful and interesting and full of life !

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

Your zest for the good things in life makes me feel happy too!

I did your tomato tart a few days ago, and it was fabulous! I am vegetarian and look for meals I can make that have lots of flavor. Your tart was just perfect!

Helen Frankenthaler’s works were interesting, but I like your abstracts better.

That definitely sounds like a book I’d like to read! Thanks Polly!

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing….

Thank you for your commitment to reality and our true nature!

Polly….I’m happier because of you; I sure do thank you.

Love this– actually so “timely” for what I have been thinking about lately.

Excellent. Thank you for sharing this welcome thought to redirect today’s thinking.
I am grateful for this blog.

Outstanding message! And a sure “wake-up” call for me regarding mortal decline. I’m off on a refreshing direction. Thanks, Polly.

Yes, healing does happen when we deeply and humbly pray. Thanks for keeping that idea alive.

A powerful message. Thank you for getting it out there.

I love your swirling universes, the spirals that draw one in and introduce us to ourselves.

What a fine piece! You certainly are a shining example….[it] was uplifting and instructive.

Polly, your wonderful blog is doing more than its bit in this dreadful time. Thanks, and keep on keeping on!

Beautiful photos. It is uplifting and energizing to see such bright, cheerful, healthy and fresh images. Thanks, I needed that!

Well done Polly, I love your book reviews! Please carry on the good work of guiding our book choices.

Yummy and beautiful! I love all the colors and this food looks amazing! The plates too!

Beautiful and profoundly perfect for pandemic season, your poem empowers hope for what’s next. I plan to read it at Sunday Devotional. Thank you!

This is one of the BEST explanations of one’s understanding of God I have seen in a long time. The image paired with the text was spot on!

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

You brighten my life with your thoughts, views, words, pictures….

What a stunning place! It is just a slice of heaven. Thank you for sharing its beauty.

Your abstracts are interesting and you have a unique style that is all your own. Original, demonstrating individuality and confidence! I see joy and love expressed.

This poem is what I needed to further focus on moving out of the fear of COVID.❤️

Your photos are so vivid and expressive and inspiring and artistic and alive!

I so enjoyed your trip blog. The outstanding photos and the amazing narratives made me feel I was on vacation for a few minutes each day.

I never before found computers this beautiful….

Thanks, Polly, for listening so carefully and sharing so selflessly.

Thank you for Saying So Well What Needs To Be SAID!

Hoping others can/will read this…

You are such a gem Polly- it is an incredible blessing to daily read your blog!

What lovely Soul-inspired insights! Thank you for these great ideas!

This is absolutely beautiful and so incredibly helpful and inspiring! Thank you so much! ❤️

Wow!! I cannot wait to try this recipe! Thank you!

Polly always captures the balance between what I can do, and all the miracles I am given.

Your blog captures a life well lived, constantly imparting good– truth, health and happiness– including beauty, harmony, art, science to the world.

Your site is bolstering my creative thoughts. I need to put them into action.

WONDERFUL blog, Polly! Thank you for your spiritual calm, support for each of us, uninhibited creativity, and amazing paintings. I am just left in awe !

When you get famous, I need to be the president of your fan club.

Hi Polly, loved this poem. It radiates hope and feeling of calmness. I am glad I came across these beautiful words. Keep posting similar reads and spreading positivity.

I have so enjoyed your recent posts– about your garden, your reflections about parenting, your vibrant artwork– so many wonderful expressions of Spirit.

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

Thank you so much for your fantastic, soulful images– your photos really capture the love, joy, camaraderie, power, and intensity of the present moment.

I love your coffee cake recipe, I have a book list from your blog, I love the photos, the poems, the paintings, the movie reviews, the humor, the honesty, the color.

You are doing so wonderfully at praising God with your talents.

Thank you Polly!! This has needed to be said for a while!

I LOVE THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! I enjoy reading your notes from the Bible Lesson. Your interpretation is helpful for my thought and I’m sure many others.

Polly lets her spirituality into her art as you can see in the many abstract paintings she creates. We were wowed by her ability and her encouragement of others to express themselves artistically.

Absolutely beautiful!!! I love these particular colors together and the different styles and techniques really give it a lot of depth and texture. Brilliant!!!!

WOW! Polly! Some truly marvelous work there!!!

Love your blog. Today’s is dynamite and very helpful to viewing our role as individuals at this time.

Just beautiful, Polly. So honest and uplifting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and the helpful ones of others.

This blog is upbeat, progressive, sincere, colorful, metaphoric, and exploratory. Such a rich feast!

Without a doubt my life has been enriched and uplifted by my acquaintance with you through your blogs. Every day I look for the interesting ideas you amplify and the lovely arts you share with us. I am never disappointed.

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

Perspective is everything – and choosing a liberating one blesses everyone, as you point out!

Well Done! This is such a wonderful venture. Your work is just extraordinary!

What a breath of fresh air!! Thank you for your honesty, integrity and willingness to speak out for Truth and Justice!!!

I am so totally impressed with your photography, poetry, and painting.Your talent is incredible!!!

I have to tell you that your spiritual to-do list was the springboard for a great talk with my older daughter. We are going to check on each other, and progress.

Deep and encompassing. Passionate and motherly. Loving and expansive. The photos speak volumes too…and I see the connections with the poem perfectly.

I salute you! And I sure do thank you for inspiring me to greater efforts along all lines of life!

Polly, you have such a great feel for things. I will enjoy you forever.

These thoughts you shared are a keeper for me to revisit when in need. You are a blessing to many!

Thank you sincerely for your joyful out-pouring of love, light, color, comforting, inspiring words…

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

It’s a rare inspiration that can uncover an aching joy — but those poems do that. Thanks for sharing this with us.

You are such an inspirational person Polly! I love everything you share with us – such a joy to have your daily input in my inbox! X x x

I just had to comment on today’s blog. I LOVED it! I have had similar thoughts for some time.

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

The phrase ‘divine choreography’ is resonating with me. Bless you for sharing your inspiration with us all.

Thank you for all the inspiration you share so generously. I am deeply grateful!

Thank you for introducing me to wonderful, amazing authors.
Love the pictures of your elegant flowers.

Thank you for your burst of sunshine reflected in your positivity this morning… I look forward to your blogs.

It is always refreshing to see the loves, joys, challenges, and triumphs that you share on your blog.

Thanks so much for this recommendation Polly. We watched in awe … and have recommended in turn.

Illuminating thoughts, thank you for sharing them. Very clear.

Today’s post was a Gift from God. Opening your email this morning truly lifted my Spirit. Thank you.

The last day of the month on your blog is always a BIG treat . . . This morning I went from fasting to feasting . . .

Just a wonderland of possibilities and ideas and the materials to explore and discover. What a beautiful, exciting place! I’ve taken all this glory into my heart today and am grateful for it.

The Brussels sprouts were an exceptionally BIG hit here…. could you direct me to more literature on spiritual healing?

How blessed we are to have someone like you on this Earth.

This blog is a daily dose from an spiritually-oriented, artist, thinker, sage.

Polly your blog is simply a marvelously enriching, thought provoking part of the daily wonders of life! I give thanks for you and the blog!

Thank you for bringing to light and sharing an undeniably important part of the one stupendous whole we all share…the countless ways beyond sight, and not to be missed, always at hand.

I am simply amazed at the wealth of beauty, soul, and experience. Love it. Love you! Thank You for sharing your innermost so openly.

We are so blessed with your access to nature and your talent to communicate visually….

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