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Spirituality

Which Version of Denial? (New Poem by Polly Castor)

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 by Polly Castor
Which Version of Denial?, poem by Polly Castor

Denial is a tricky thing…

Categories Poetry, Spirituality Tags Poetry by me, Spiritual Healing 1 Comment

Happy Easter!

April 17, 2022 by Polly Castor
Happy Easter!

Hills of Purple Heather (mixed media) by Polly Castor Happy Easter! I believe that Jesus came to prove to us, more than anything else, that we live forever. What a relief that he removed our fear of death! What a joy it is to believe in Life instead! And what can we not do with … Read more

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian, Holiday, Special Occasions 2 Comments

A Skunk Healing (with a Good Friday Lesson)

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 by Polly Castor
A skunk Healing, a Good Friday lesson

Forgiveness and healing as essentially two sides of the same coin, and one makes the other possible.

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags Christian, Christian Science, essays, life lessons, Spiritual Healing 3 Comments

His Body Bread and His Blood Wine? (Polly Preaching #10)

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 by Polly Castor
His Body Bread and His Blood Wine?

We can do what Jesus requires of us by degrees, with loads of ongoing divine help.

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags Christ, Christian, Essay, Jesus, Virtue 2 Comments

Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Journal

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 by Polly Castor
Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Journal

Check out my notes in this post, of the ideas that struck me as most needing to be contemplated in the recent weeks.

Categories Spirituality Tags Bible, Bible Lesson Journal, Christian Science Leave a comment

Pray Like a Gourmet (Book Review)

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Polly Castor
Pray like a gourmet book review

It is no surprise that I’d love the fusion between creativity and spirituality, but our whole book group loved this book too, and said they will continue to refer to it in the future

Categories Books, Spirituality Tags 5 Star Books, Book Reviews, Christian, God, non-fiction, Prayer 4 Comments

God and I Thrive (A New Short Poem by Polly Castor)

April 3, 2022 by Polly Castor
God and I Thrive, poem by Polly Castor

God and I can’t imagine life without each other.

Categories Hope, Ideas, Poetry, Spirituality Tags Flowers, God, metaphor, Poetry by me 2 Comments

Transparency is Important

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 by Polly Castor
Transparency is Important

Messy but true is always better than tidy but fake.

Categories Hope, Ideas, Spirituality Tags authenticity, life lessons, Mindfulness, Release 2 Comments

Praying Beyond Petition (Deep Think #18)

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 by Polly Castor
Praying Beyond Petition, by Polly Castor

I encourage you not to solicit God’s help but to claim it as a present, active, and powerful force.

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian, Christian Science, Deep Think, Essay, God, life lessons, Prayer, Quotes, Relationship with God, Spiritual Healing 2 Comments

Suicide: Death is not a Way Out

March 14, 2022March 13, 2022 by Polly Castor
Suicide is not a way out

You are loved! Choose living and messy hope!

Categories Hope, Ideas, Spirituality Tags Deep Think, Essay, God, life lessons 6 Comments

Overcoming Impositions to Spiritual Growth (Quote by Jill Gooding)

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 by Polly Castor
overcoming impositions to spiritual growth

When these impeding impositions of error are recognized and overcome, our lives soar…

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags advice, life lessons, Mindfulness, Release, Spiritual Healing 2 Comments

Prayer for Ukraine

March 17, 2022March 1, 2022 by Polly Castor
Prayer for the Ukraine

Yours is the only power and You do not allow your unlikeness to prevail.

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags God, Prayer, reformation, Special Occasions, Spiritual Healing, Virtue 6 Comments

Sickness is Not Necessarily a Crisis of Faith (Deep Think #17)

February 20, 2022February 20, 2022 by Polly Castor
Sickness not a crisis of faith

The world needs us not to be so heavenly minded we are no earthy good.

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian Science, essays, life lessons, Mindfulness, Prayer, Release, Spiritual Healing, Virtue 8 Comments

Quote about Prayer (by Mary Baker Eddy)

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 by Polly Castor
Prayer by Mary Baker Eddy

“Prayer cannot change the unalterable Truth, nor can prayer alone give us an understanding of Truth…

Categories Ideas, Spirituality Tags Christian, Christian Science, God, Mary Baker Eddy, Prayer Leave a comment

Our Mother Who Art in Heaven

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 by Polly Castor
Our Mother Who Art in Heaven by Polly Castor

Let’s all snuggle into the embrace and unconditional love of that, which wants the best for us, yearns for a loving relationship with us, and will do anything to make everything come out just right.

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags Essay, God, life lessons, Relationship with God, Spiritual Healing 9 Comments

Home is Heaven (with Amaryllis Photos)

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 by Polly Castor
Home is Heaven

Let’s take that definition of heaven and equate it with our homes here and now, instead of thinking of heaven as some far off event.

Categories Photography, Spirituality Tags Amaryllis, Mary Baker Eddy, Quotes 4 Comments

To the Estranged, the Grieving, the Abused, the Alone, I Hear You

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by Polly Castor
For the estranged, the grieving, the abused, the alone

I want to say to those of you out there hurting or isolated at this time: I hear you, and I feel for you.

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags advice, Christ, Christian, Essay, Holiday, life lessons, Release, Spiritual Healing 4 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

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

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

Hoping others can/will read this…

This is such a beautiful and loving blog and feels much like your amazing dynamic spiritual art. You are proving and sharing truth in a precious, creative, encouraging, and heartfelt way. You inspire me!

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

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

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

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

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.

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’m so grateful to be able to enjoy all you so generously share on your blog, the colorful photos, the recipes, the art works, the insights, the book reviews and so much more!

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!

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

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 !

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

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

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

Way to go on your artistic journey. You show great courage, humility, and such support for everyone around you.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

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! Polly! Some truly marvelous work there!!!

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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 :)

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

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.

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…

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

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!!

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

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.

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

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

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

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

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

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

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

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

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

Wish I had gotten this message 75 years ago. It makes so much sense and would have saved me a lot of self criticism. I love your blog.

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

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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

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

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!

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oh my gosh how did you know I needed this today? I am in absolute awe of your thorough and articulate way you describe how all of this works.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

Loved your plein air painting, the pictures of the garden plenty — oh wow. Love opening your blog each day — it is a treat that I save sometimes.

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

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! ❤️

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!

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!

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

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

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

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

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

Lovely Polly! You are an inspiration! I am so happy to have your blog in my life!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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…

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

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

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

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Oh my goodness Polly, this is absolutely magnificent and reaches so far deep into my soul.

Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration! I love reading your blog with it’s many insights.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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! ❤️

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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

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

This is absolutely magnificent. Bless your precious and beautiful soul for sharing this.

Amazing, Polly! A wonderful example of seeing the possibilities…creativity at its best.

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

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

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

This couldn’t possibly be more perfect, – so reassuring, and so fully expresses in every way what we all are praying for. Thank you for your a beautiful heart and generous giving of it!!

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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 !

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.

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

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

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

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

These are awesome. You have such a gift for photography…and for pastels…and for cooking…and for finding interesting books…and, and, and. Where does it end?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for the nudge!

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

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

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

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

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

Love your pastels!

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

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

Love these colours and the strong contrasts 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.

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

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

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.❤️

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

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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.

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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

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

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

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

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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

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

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

Glorious! Thank you for tending these lovely flowers together, and for posting on your blog, Polly.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

I am so grateful for your generous sharing of ideas across so many different fields! Your colorful art, your beautiful photography, your tasty looking and well presented dishes, your uplifting ideas, your insightful book reviews, and your wonderful healing work! You truly are a polymath!! I so look forward to your daily offerings and rejoice in them all.

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

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

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 never before found computers this beautiful….

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

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

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

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

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

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