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Book Reviews

Art Supplies (Book Review with Quotes, Contacts, and Photos)

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 by Polly Castor
Art Supplies book review

This is one of the best books I read this year. I endorse it with a hearty five stars!

Categories Art, Books, Ideas Tags 5 Star Books, Art Books, Book Reviews, creativity, educarion, Gift Ideas, non-fiction, Quotes 1 Comment

The World-Ending Fire (Book Review)

November 25, 2022November 14, 2022 by Polly Castor
The World-Ending Fire book review

This book is slow going, while richly thought provoking.

Categories Books, Hope, Ideas Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Essay, Mindfulness, non-fiction, Sustainability 1 Comment

This Tender Land (Book Review)

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 by Polly Castor
This Tender Land book review

This is excellent fiction that will make you grateful for the home you have.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 2 Comments

She Who Became the Sun (Book Review)

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 by Polly Castor
She Who Became the Sun book review

This novel is a reimagining of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty in 12th century China, who in this telling, is a girl disguised as a man, married to a woman.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 1 Comment

Klara and the Sun (Book Review)

February 3, 2024October 22, 2022 by Polly Castor
Klara and the Sun book review

I think it is best to go into this book knowing little and patiently watch it unravel as it does.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 1 Comment

This Time Tomorrow (Book Review)

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 by Polly Castor
This Time Tomorrow book review

Make good choices and appreciate with full mindfulness the time you have with those you love.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction Leave a comment

A Beautiful Blue Death (Book Review)

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 by Polly Castor
A Beautiful Blue Death book review

This book strikes just the right note for my taste in a good mystery read.

Categories Books Tags 5 Star Books, Book Reviews, Fiction 4 Comments

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

The Fortnight in September (Book Review)

September 21, 2022 by Polly Castor
The Fortnight in September book review

This book is delicately straightforward, about ordinary life in an earlier time, closely observed in copious detail.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 1 Comment

The People We Keep (Book Review)

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 by Polly Castor

Read this only if you want a rollercoaster of feelings, boomeranging back and forth between heartbreak and hope.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 2 Comments

Love Poems from God (Book Review with Sample Poems)

September 7, 2022 by Polly Castor
Love Poems from God book review

This book of poetry includes twelve worldwide interfaith voices spanning the years from 717 and 1691.

Categories Books, Poetry Tags 4 stars books, Book Reviews, nonfiction, poetry by others 3 Comments

Fellowship Point (Book Review)

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 by Polly Castor
Fellowship Point (book Review)

I really liked this new book (just out in July 2022), although it started slow and took a long time ramping up.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction, Maine 2 Comments

The House at the Edge of Night (Book Review)

August 3, 2022 by Polly Castor
The House at the Edge of Night book review

This was a meandering but engaging multigenerational family saga spanning four generations on an island off Sicily.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 2 Comments

Update on the 2022 Reading Challenge

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 by Polly Castor
Update 2022 Reading Challenge

So far, I’ve already completed 35 of my goal of 52 for the year. Right now, I am simultaneously reading nine more. This is where I am for those that are curious or need ideas:

Categories Books Tags book challenge, Book Reviews 2 Comments

Remarkably Bright Creatures (Book Review)

July 6, 2022 by Polly Castor
Remarkably Bright Creatures book review

Marcellus, an octopus, is one of the main characters in this charming novel, and he he steals the show in this satisfying read.

Categories Books Tags 5 Star Books, Book Reviews, Fiction 5 Comments

What I Carry (Book Review with Quotes)

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 by Polly Castor
What I Carry Book Review

This fresh, wonderful coming of age story is about a teen about to age out of the foster care system.

Categories Books, Hope Tags 5 Star Books, Book Reviews, Fiction, Gift Ideas 4 Comments

Bloomsbury Girls (Book Review)

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 by Polly Castor
Bloomsbury Girls book review

I was happy to read this and delighted to find out how it ended. Especially if you are a woman, you may feel the same way.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 2 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

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

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

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

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

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

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

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!!

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

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

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

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! ❤️

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

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

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

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

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

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!

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 :)

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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?

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

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

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

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

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 !

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

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

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

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

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

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

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

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

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

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

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

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

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

Hoping others can/will read this…

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

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!

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.

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!

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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.

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

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

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

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 .

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

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I never before found computers this beautiful….

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

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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

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.

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

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

Love your pastels!

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

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

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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

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

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

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

Thanks for the nudge!

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

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

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

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 !

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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.

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

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

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.

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!!

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!

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

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

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

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

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

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!

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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

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!

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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