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Christian Science

Hate No One

January 29, 2017 by Polly Castor
hate no one

The present is ours; the future, big with events. Every man and woman should be to-day a law to himself, herself, — a law of loyalty to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount…

Categories Ideas, Spirituality Tags advice, Amaryllis, Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, Quotes Leave a comment

Today’s Newspaper Article by Me: Why Christian Science Got into Journalism

January 21, 2017 by Polly Castor
Why Christian Science Got into Journalism

Assigned with the day after the inauguration and the day of the Women’s March on Washington, this is what I wrote, printed on page four of a bigger than usual print edition.

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags Christian Science, Christian Science Monitor, Newspaper Articles 2 Comments

Thanksgiving Links 2016

December 7, 2016November 23, 2016 by Polly Castor
Thanksgiving Links

Here are live links to past Thanksgiving features on this blog as well as those to Christian Science Thanksgiving services.

Categories Food, Ideas, Poetry, Spirituality Tags abundance, Christian Science, gratitude, Newspaper Articles, Poetry by me, Special Occasions Leave a comment

Hymn 258

November 13, 2016 by Polly Castor
Hymn 258 Christian Science Hymnal

Oft to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side.

Categories Poetry, Spirituality Tags Christian Science, poetry by others 1 Comment

Why I Don’t Drink Alcohol

September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 by Polly Castor
why I don't drink alcohol

Once you’ve experienced the clean living high of a well connected bliss, you will not trade it for anything. Try feeling under the influence of the Creator of joy itself.

Categories Ideas, Spirituality Tags Christian Science, Mindfulness, Relationship with God, Release, Virtue 8 Comments

Annual Meeting 2016

June 7, 2016June 6, 2016 by Polly Castor
Annual Meeting 2016

Here is some of the inspiration from Annual Meeting…

Categories Photography, Spirituality Tags Christian Science, Special Occasions Leave a comment

Thoughts on Body Image

July 6, 2016May 21, 2016 by Polly Castor
thoughts on body image

I am realizing that I am not a thin mortal or a fat mortal, because I am not a mortal at all, but an eternal, spiritual idea of the one God that is infinite, ever-present, all-powerful, and good.

Categories Hope, Spirituality Tags Christian Science, life lessons, Mary Baker Eddy, Mindfulness, Quotes, reformation, Relationship with God, Release 4 Comments

Quote About the Cross Jesus Bore

March 25, 2016 by Polly Castor
Quotes about the cross

“The real cross, which Jesus bore up the hill of grief, was the world’s hatred of Truth and Love.”

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian, Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, Quotes 1 Comment

Good is Primal, Evil Suppositional

February 16, 2016 by Polly Castor
good is primal, evil suppositional

Intelligent Mind could not eternally consist of such opposites as good and evil.

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian Science, God, Quotes 1 Comment

Today’s Newspaper Article: From Atheism to Believing in Divine Love

February 6, 2016February 6, 2016 by Polly Castor
out of atheism into believing

This newspaper article of mine (about moving from atheism to believing in divine Love) is in three Connecticut newspapers today…

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian Science, God, life lessons, Relationship with God Leave a comment

150 Years Ago Today

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by Polly Castor
Christian Science discovered

One hundred and fifty years ago today, Christian Science was discovered by Mary Baker Eddy.

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy 1 Comment

Broken Arm and “Shattered” Elbow Healed

January 21, 2016 by Polly Castor
broken arm healed through prayer

Truly we can never fall out of God’s care. I am so thankful!

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian Science, God, Prayer, Spiritual Healing 9 Comments

No Difference Between Thought and Reality

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 by Polly Castor
difference thought reality

It appears that the nervous system can’t tell the difference between a well-imagined thought and reality.

Categories Ideas, Spirituality Tags advice, Christian Science, Mindfulness, Quotes 2 Comments

Lecture: Time is NOT a Factor

January 16, 2016 by Polly Castor

We videoed the lecture to share it more widely, so please feel free to pass this along!

Categories Ideas, Spirituality Tags Christian, Christian Science, Church, life lessons, Mary Baker Eddy, Mindfulness, Special Occasions 3 Comments

Reaching through Divine Love

November 1, 2015November 1, 2015 by Polly Castor
being spiritually minded, loving spiritually, how to love spiritually, effective love

Now I am no longer feeling like being more spiritually minded projects death to the self. It is feeling more like a quick path to self-fulfillment and the broadest expression of my highest authenticity.

Categories Spirituality Tags Christ, Christian Science, God, life lessons, Mary Baker Eddy, Relationship with God 6 Comments

New Poem: Unplug it

October 4, 2015 by Polly Castor
unplug it poem

Unplug, unplug, unplug

that devious, subtle, concealed,

and sometime overheated

projector of lies.

Categories Poetry, Spirituality Tags Christian Science, metaphor, Poetry by me 4 Comments

Spiritual Lessons from Camp this Year

September 21, 2015 by Polly Castor
Spiritual lessons

Creative Arts Camp each year at Camp Newfound in Maine is always a time to grow spiritually. The supportive influence of being there is a beautiful thing to see and be a part of.

Categories Spirituality Tags Christian Science, Creative Arts Camp, life lessons, Prayer, Spiritual Healing 4 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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!

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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

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

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.

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

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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 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.

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

Hoping others can/will read this…

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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!!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 are doing so wonderfully at praising God with your talents.

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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

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.

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

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

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

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

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.

Thanks for the nudge!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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 .

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

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 :)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

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

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

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

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

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!

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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

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 efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

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!

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

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

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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

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!

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

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

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

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 !

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.

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

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

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

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

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.

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!

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.

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

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!

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

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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

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

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

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

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 expanding my ways to see, Polly.

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

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

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

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

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

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

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

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

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 !

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

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

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

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

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!

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

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

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.

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

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

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

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! ❤️

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…

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

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

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

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

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

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

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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.

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

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.

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

I never before found computers this beautiful….

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Love your pastels!

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.

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

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

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

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

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

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

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

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!

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

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

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