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Fiction

Cluny Brown (Book Review)

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 by Polly Castor
Cluny Brown book Review

You too may enjoy this delightful, witty, entertaining coming of age novel, with its subtle insights on social class, changing times, and human character.

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The River We Remember (Book Review)

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 by Polly Castor
The River We Remember book review

If you like a who-done-it that rings more about the people, place, and time than anything else, you might like this book.

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

Still Life (Book Review)

July 13, 2024July 13, 2024 by Polly Castor
Still Life book review

The writing here was excellent, spacious, and full of dialogue. It slowed down my pace considerably, and not in a bad way

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

Great Site to Pick Your Perfect Romance Reads

July 1, 2024 by Polly Castor
Great Website to use to Pick your next romance read

Some are too steamy, some are too dark, some are tropes you don’t enjoy. Turns out there is a solution!

Categories Books Tags Book Reviews, Fiction 1 Comment

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Book Review)

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 by Polly Castor
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers book review

I thoroughly enjoyed this cozy mystery, and listening as the main character blossomed into finding renewed purpose in her life.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 3 Comments

Horse (Book Review)

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 by Polly Castor
Horse book review

I give Horse a rousing 5 stars and encourage you to read it.

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

Our Missing Hearts (Book Review)

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 by Polly Castor
Our Missing Hearts book review

Let us rejoice in all our differences and celebrate all our uncomfortable disruptions, before they are outlawed.

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Chenneville (Book Review)

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 by Polly Castor
Chenneville book review

This is historical fiction that squarely puts you into that time and place, fascinated by who he meets up with and how he copes.

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Six Crimson Cranes (Book Review)

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 by Polly Castor
Six Crimson Cranes book review

This novel might be a good gift for a young someone you know, or maybe, like me, you ‘d like a wholesome, fantastical romp yourself.

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

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (Book Review)

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 by Polly Castor
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store book review

This book is mostly about the injustice of being different, the misnomer of being handicapped, and what real community is.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 3 Comments

Self Portrait with Nothing (Book Review)

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 by Polly Castor
Self Portrait with Nothing (Book Review)

This is a very unique, bizarre, and ultimately satisfying read.

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Bringing Down the Duke (Book Review)

January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 by Polly Castor
Bringing Down the Duke book review

If you want an intelligent, passionate romp, with both a cause and a woman’s virtue in the balance, read this one.

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The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post (Book Review)

December 19, 2023December 19, 2023 by Polly Castor
The magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post book review

You’ll enjoy this read if you appreciate strong, capable women, who don’t shy away from what they have to contribute, have a great attitude, and who have a strongly ethical approach to life.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction, Virtue 3 Comments

Midnight Library (Book Review)

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 by Polly Castor
Midnight Library book review

This is a thoughtful, very well written novel with a feel good ending.

Categories Books Tags 5 Star Books, Book Reviews, Fiction 1 Comment

Mercury Pictures Presents (Book Review & New Vocabulary)

October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 by Polly Castor
Mercury Pictures Presents, book review, new vocabulary

Read it if you are interested in the movie business in the 30’s or in a completely different take on WWII which feels relevant to the issues of today.

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

Tom Lake (Book Review)

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 by Polly Castor
Tom Lake (Book Review)

I loved this new Ann Patchett novel read by Meryl Streep.

Categories Books Tags 5 Star Books, Book Reviews, Fiction 3 Comments

The Cartographers (Book Review)

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 by Polly Castor
The Cartographers book review

This book brought out a lively discussion in my book group last night; some loved it and some hated it. Me, I was somewhere in between.

Categories Books Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, Fiction 3 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

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

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

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Love these colours and the strong contrasts 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for the nudge!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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.

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

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

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

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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 !

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

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

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

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

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

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 this exercise in balance, Polly. Helps a lot!

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

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

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

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

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

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

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

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

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

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

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

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

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.

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!!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I never before found computers this beautiful….

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

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

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

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’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!

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

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

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 .

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.

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

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!!

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

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

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

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.

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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

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

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 absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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

Hoping others can/will read this…

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

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

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

I have 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.

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.

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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

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

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

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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.

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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

Love your pastels!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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

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 !

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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

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

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.
Strange, nothing surprising here.
You are who you are.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

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

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

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!!

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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