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Vegan

Mushroom Gravy Mashed Potato Casserole (Recipe)

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 by Polly Castor
Mushroom Gravy Mashed Potato Casserole Recipe

This rib-sticking, deliciously hearty dish is perfect next to protein, or for vegans on its own.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 2 Comments

Clove Infused Red Cabbage with Apples (Recipe)

November 16, 2021 by Polly Castor
Clove Infused Red Cabbage with Apple Recipe

This is a handy, delicious, and beautiful side dish to have around! This dish is perfect for the fall or winter, and is especially perfect for the holidays.

Categories Food Tags Fall, Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 5 Comments

Vegan Green Soup (Recipe)

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 by Polly Castor
Vegan Green Soup Recipe

This welcome comfort food is heathy, nurturing, and tasty. It feels restorative and soothing, while still intriguing enough to keep wanting more.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, soup, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 7 Comments

Oven Roasted Pineapple (Recipe)

August 13, 2021August 6, 2021 by Polly Castor
Roasted Pineapple Recipe

Roasting a pineapple in the oven gets it caramelized on the outside, and juicier and sweeter on this inside.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian 1 Comment

Kashmiri Chili Sauce (Low Heat but Flavorful Recipe)

July 28, 2021 by Polly Castor
Kashmiri Chili Sauce (Not Hot but Flavorful Recipe)

This is absolutely delicious– savoriness at its best.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Vegan, vegetarian 4 Comments

Strawberry Salsa (Recipe)

June 7, 2021 by Polly Castor
Strawberry Salsa Recipe

This salsa is a refreshingly new take on an old classic, and particularly good with fresh, in-season strawberries.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 2 Comments

Pot-Roasted Celeriac (Celery Root) with Horseradish Sauce (Recipe)

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 by Polly Castor
Pot-roasted Celeriac with Horseradish Sauce recipe

This is vegetable eating at its best!

Categories Food Tags Cookbooks, Main Dish, Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian 2 Comments

Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole (No Added Sugar Recipe)

April 24, 2021April 24, 2021 by Polly Castor
Sweet Potato and Apple casserole recipe no added sugar

This is a very welcome but healthy side dish, that is great for either company or everyday, and would be terrific to bring to a potluck or holiday dinner.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 4 Comments

Purple Cauliflower Soup (Recipe)

April 7, 2021 by Polly Castor
Purple Cauliflower Soup Recipe

Super simple, beautiful and delicious, this is a great vegan soup to add to your repertoire.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, soup, Vegan, vegetarian 3 Comments

Spaghetti Squash with Tilapia and Cashew Alfredo

June 2, 2022March 24, 2021 by Polly Castor
Spaghetti Squash with Tilapia and Cashew Alfredo Recipe

This is delicious, creamy and much lighter than your usual dairy-laden alfredo, with less than 1/4 the calories.

Categories Food Tags Main Dish, Recipes, seafood, Vegan, Whole30 6 Comments

Cauliflower Soup with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds (Recipe)

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 by Polly Castor
Cauliflower and Toasted Pumpkin Seed Soup Recipe

This is a simple, delicious soup you will be glad to have in your repertoire.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, soup, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 3 Comments

Roasted Garlic (Recipe)

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 by Polly Castor
Roasted Garlic recipe

This is basically prepping a stunning ingredient that I’ll refer to for other recipes.

Categories Food, Ideas Tags Recipes, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 6 Comments

Perfect Potato Hash (Home Fries Recipe)

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 by Polly Castor
Perfect Potato Hash recipe

Have you been wanting the perfect potato hash or home fries? Look no further, this is how to make them.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 2 Comments

Vegan Split Pea Soup (recipe)

February 6, 2021February 3, 2021 by Polly Castor
Vegan Split Pea Soup Recipe

The zucchini and rutabaga combination with the split pea, creates a hearty, thick, satisfying soup with plenty of comfort food flavor.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, soup, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 Leave a comment

“Chicken Noodle Soup” – with No Chicken and No Grain (Recipe)

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 by Polly Castor
Grain-Free Vegetable Noodle Soup Recipe

Without either the chicken or the traditional noodles, people tell me this soup has that same heart warming, restorative feel.

Categories Food Tags Main Dish, seafood, soup, Vegan, vegetarian, Whole30 10 Comments

Vegan Roasted Vegetable Soup (Recipe)

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 by Polly Castor
Vegan Roasted Vegetable Soup Recipe

This is beautiful, easy, and most of all, incredibly delicious.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, soup, Vegan, vegetarian 4 Comments

Brussels Sprout Salad with Hemp Heart Dressing (Recipe)

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by Polly Castor
Brussels Sprout Salad with Hemp Heart Dressing Recipe

This would be great on your Thanksgiving or holiday table, or like us, just eat it as a terrific side to share on an average weeknight.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Salads, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian 2 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 .

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

I feel such gratitude for the beautiful way in which you express God. Thanks for blessing my life and being such a shining light in the world!

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

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

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!

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.

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

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

Love your pastels!

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!!

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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

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

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

I am touched by this well thought out, well written essay. You have put into words what so many of us have in our minds and hearts. Thank you!

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

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 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.

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

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

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

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

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

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

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 is really stimulating and motivating.

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

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

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

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 :)

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

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!

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

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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

Hoping others can/will read this…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This is such a beautiful and loving blog and feels much like your amazing dynamic spiritual art. You are proving and sharing truth in a precious, creative, encouraging, and heartfelt way. You inspire me!

I 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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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!!

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

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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

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

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

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

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

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

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

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

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

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

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.

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

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.

Thanks for the nudge!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

Wish I had gotten this message 75 years ago. It makes so much sense and would have saved me a lot of self criticism. I love your blog.

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

I never before found computers this beautiful….

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

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.

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

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

I love your coffee cake recipe, I have a book list from your blog, I love the photos, the poems, the paintings, the movie reviews, the humor, the honesty, the color.

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

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

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

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

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.

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

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!

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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

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

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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

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

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

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

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

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

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

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.

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

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I enjoy your strong, bold artwork– there is so much going on in them that my imagination takes off. I really appreciate your blog. It brings joy every day.

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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