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College

Visiting Our Daughter and Lehigh University Campus (Photos)

November 4, 2019 by Polly Castor

I finally saw the Lehigh University campus where our daughter is a first year PhD student. It is lovely!

Categories Photography Tags College, education, Family, parenting 5 Comments

Our Youngest Moves to Her New Apartment

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 by Polly Castor

We are so grateful she has such a nice place to be, and are excited for her as she starts this new adventure.

Categories Photography Tags College, Family, gratitude 2 Comments

Our Younger Daughter Graduates with Honors

May 19, 2019 by Polly Castor
our daughter graduates with honors

We are so proud of our younger daughter who graduated with honors and a special medal of distinction today from Juniata College.

Categories Hope, Photography Tags College, community, education, Family, Special Occasions 8 Comments

Our Daughter’s Ceramic Capstone Show at the Museum

May 18, 2019 by Polly Castor

Yesterday we got to see our youngest daughter’s senior capstone ceramics in the college’s museum.

Categories Art Tags College, Family, pottery 1 Comment

Our Youngest Daughter Chooses a PhD Program

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 by Polly Castor
Our Youngest Daughter chooses a PhD program

We are proud of her hard, focused work in her undergraduate degree, and congratulate her on making this decision to further her education.

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags College, education, Family, Special Occasions 9 Comments

Our Daughter’s Ceramics from This Semester

May 18, 2018 by Polly Castor
Our Daughter's Ceramics from This Semester

Blog readers have enjoyed watching her ceramics prowess evolve, and this post is the next in that series.

Categories Art Tags College, Family, pottery 2 Comments

Ceramic Goblets and Tumblers our Daughter is Working On

March 26, 2018 by Polly Castor
Yesterday, I drove our daughter back to school after spring break, and got to see the beginnings of the goblet and tumbler series she is working on in the ceramic's studio.

Yesterday, I drove our daughter back to school after spring break, and got to see the beginnings of the goblet and tumbler series she is working on in the ceramic’s studio.

Categories Art Tags College, pottery Leave a comment

A Visit to Our Younger Daughter’s College Ceramics Studio

November 23, 2017November 22, 2017 by Polly Castor

The sheer quantity and quality of what our daughter has accomplished in a two and a half months in her college pottery class is staggering.

Categories Art Tags College, Family, pottery 3 Comments

Our Youngest Daughter Moves into Her First Apartment and Begins Junior Year

August 24, 2017August 23, 2017 by Polly Castor

The apartment is owned by the campus itself, complete with campus furniture and a full kitchen. It is quite charming, in good shape, very convenient to class, and our daughter is looking forward to cooking for herself instead of eating in the dining hall.

Categories Hope, Photography Tags College, Family, parenting, Special Occasions 2 Comments

Pottery by Our Younger Daughter this Semester

May 18, 2017 by Polly Castor

The first one below she gave me for Mother’s Day, and I am delighted with it.

Categories Art Tags College, pottery 3 Comments

Nice Article about our Older Daughter’s Work

March 20, 2017 by Polly Castor

Last week, St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD, where our older daughter got her undergraduate degree, put out a really nice article about her.

Categories Homeschooling, Hope Tags College, education, Family, gratitude, homeschooling, parenting 2 Comments

Our Daughter Builds a Wood-Fire Kiln

March 15, 2017 by Polly Castor
building a wood-fire kiln

Last week was our daughter’s spring break from college, but she stayed on campus with some other ceramics students to build a wood-fired kiln. It was a week of long, laborious days,

Categories Art, Hope Tags College, education, Family, gratitude, pottery 3 Comments

Driving our Youngest Back to College

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 by Polly Castor

We had a whopping, great conversation the whole way, and I can’t be grateful enough that we can talk so well about a huge range of meaningful stuff.

Categories Hope Tags College, Family, gratitude, Winter 2 Comments

Our Daughter’s Empty Bowls Glazed

December 21, 2016 by Polly Castor
empty bowls project

Many of you wanted to see what her colossal effort looked like glazed, so here they are, before they were packed up for the fundraiser.

Categories Art, Hope Tags College, Family, patience, pottery 4 Comments

Our Daughter’s Empty Bowls Project

November 27, 2016 by Polly Castor
Our Daughter's Empty Bowls project

Our daughter is making 150 bowls for an “Empty Bowls” project; they will be sold to individuals and filled with soup at a dinner to benefit local hunger relief charities.

Categories Art, Hope Tags College, Family, gratitude, Juniata, pottery 1 Comment

Checklist for Writing College Admissions Essays

November 6, 2016November 2, 2016 by Polly Castor
College admissions essay guidelines, college admissions essay checklist

These straightforward guidelines will produce effective college application essays every time.

Categories Homeschooling, Ideas Tags advice, College, education, Essay, homeschooling, parenting 1 Comment

Spontaneously Abstract Campus Kiosk Art

September 6, 2016 by Polly Castor

There is great inspirational fodder here for collage artists, don’t you agree?

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Art by Others, Collage, College Leave a comment
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Reviews from Readers

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

Hoping others can/will read this…

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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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!

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

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!

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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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!

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

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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

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

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.

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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!!

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.

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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

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…

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!

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

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

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

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

Love your pastels!

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

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

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

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

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

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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 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!

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

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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

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 :)

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

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

Thanks for the nudge!

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

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

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

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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!

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

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

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

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!

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 !

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

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

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

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

Thank you for 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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! ❤️

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

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 !

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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…

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

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 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!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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!

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

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

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

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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

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

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I 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 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I never before found computers this beautiful….

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

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

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!

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

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

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

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

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