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Quotes

Wisdom From the Crosstown Bus (Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert)

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 by Polly Castor
Wisdom on the Crosstown Bus quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

No matte how mundane or tough your situation may seem, I believe you can illuminate your world.

Categories Hope Tags life lessons, Quotes, Virtue 5 Comments

Rising Strong (Book Review with Quotes)

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 by Polly Castor
Rising Strong Book review with quotes

Our take-aways from Rising Strong are to be more aware of and choose more wisely the stories we tell ourselves and others, as well as the boundaries we set…

Categories Books, Ideas Tags 4 Star books, Book Reviews, non-fiction, Quotes 2 Comments

Original Self (Book Review and Quoted Highlights)

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 by Polly Castor
Original Self book review and quotes, Thomas Moore

Who were we before the story of our lives?

Categories Books, Ideas, Spirituality Tags 4 Star books, authenticity, Book Reviews, life lessons, Quotes 1 Comment

Encourage Imagination (Quote by Ursula Le Guin)

November 21, 2021 by Polly Castor
Encourage Imagination Ursula Le Guin quote

I believe that one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination…

Categories Ideas Tags Mindfulness, parenting, Quotes, Virtue 1 Comment

Be Totally Receptive (Quote by Jean Klein)

November 7, 2021 by Polly Castor
Be Totally Receptive quote by Jean Klein

To arrive at aesthetic experience we must be totally receptive, welcoming, free from memory, so that we are open to the play of color, sounds, rhythms and shapes.

Categories Art, Ideas Tags authenticity, life lessons, Mindfulness, Quotes 6 Comments

Inspiring Words by Albert Einstein

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 by Polly Castor
Inspiring World by Albert Einstein

“The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.”

Categories Hope, Ideas, Spirituality Tags authenticity, happiness, life lessons, Quotes, Relationship with God, Release, Science 8 Comments

The Big Leap (Book Review with Quotes)

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 by Polly Castor
The Big Leap Book Review

This is an insightful book which can lead you to some ah ha moments.

Categories Books, Ideas Tags 5 Star Books, advice, authenticity, book review, Gift Ideas, non-fiction, Quotes 1 Comment

Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita

October 6, 2021 by Polly Castor
Some Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita

I love universal themes wherever I find them.

Categories Ideas, Spirituality Tags life lessons, Quotes 3 Comments

Be the Creative Juice (Quote by Danna Faulds)

October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 by Polly Castor
Be the Creative Juice, Danna Faulds quote

Experience this moment as it is…

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags creativity, Mindfulness, Quotes 1 Comment

Bits and Clips for September 2021

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 by Polly Castor
Bits and Clips for September 2021

I hope you find something in the many paintings, photographs, quotes, memes, and links here that inspire, educate, help or motivate you in some way…

Categories Ideas Tags Bits and Clips, Memes, Quotes 2 Comments

Clear Seeing Place (Book Review with Quotes)

April 28, 2022September 29, 2021 by Polly Castor
Clear Seeing Place book review

This is a marvelous memoir by a successful and nice artist. Read here lots of quotes from it that I found illuminating.

Categories Art, Books Tags 5 Star Books, Art Books, Book Reviews, Memoir, non-fiction, Quotes 4 Comments

Attitude (Quote by Charles Swindoll)

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021 by Polly Castor
Attitude quote by Charles Swindoll

I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it.

Categories Ideas, Spirituality Tags life lessons, Mindfulness, Quotes, Spiritual Healing Leave a comment

Feminism, Progress, and Girl Power

August 12, 2021August 9, 2021 by Polly Castor
Some Feminism Stats

The following list is of NINE things a woman couldn’t do in 1971…

Categories Ideas Tags education, Quotes, reformation 9 Comments

Where is Your Essential Being Drawn? (Quote by Oriah Mountain Dreamer)

August 12, 2021August 4, 2021 by Polly Castor
Where is Your Essential Being Drawn? (Quote by Oriah Mountain Dreamer)

I like to ask one of the questions I have found most useful in setting intentions and making choices: Where does the energy want to go now?

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags life lessons, Mindfulness, Quotes 3 Comments

Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Study Journal

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 by Polly Castor
Recent Pages in my Bible Lesson Study Journal

As in studying anything, I particularly recommend putting what you are learning in your own words.

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

Watch Your Self Talk

July 18, 2021 by Polly Castor
Watch Your Self Talk

What you assert for yourself will govern your experience, so chose wisely.

Categories Hope, Ideas, Spirituality Tags life lessons, Mary Baker Eddy, Mindfulness, Quotes, Release, Spiritual Healing 2 Comments

Decide that You Deserve True Friendship (Quote by Anthony Hopkins)

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 by Polly Castor
Decide you deserve true Friendship quote by Anthony Hopkins

Stop showing up for people who have no interest in your presence.

Categories Hope, Ideas Tags community, Quotes, Release, Virtue Leave a comment
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Reviews from Readers

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

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

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

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing…. like a bird, natural and beautiful, just singing out truth in her special song on a fine winter morning.

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

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

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

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

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

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

I never before found computers this beautiful….

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

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

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

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! ❤️

Love your pastels!

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 for the nudge!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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

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

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

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

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with 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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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

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

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!!

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.

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

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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.

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

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

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.

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

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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 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!

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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

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 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…

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

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

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 :)

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, 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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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!

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

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

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 for this….I absolutely love reading it!

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

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

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

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

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

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

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

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

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

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

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

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

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

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

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

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.

When I open my email in the morning I read all the have-to emails first; I save yours to read as dessert. Thanks, Polly!

I enjoy your blog so much. But today you are on top. Every thought you expressed so lovingly…. some very funny but always with love. Thank you for all you bring to so many .

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

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.

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

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

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

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 Saying So Well What Needs To Be SAID!

Hoping others can/will read this…

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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 !

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

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

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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