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Vegan Pistachio Pesto (Recipe)

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 by Polly Castor
Vegan Pistachio Pesto

I encourage you to make this easy recipe while fresh basil is in season!

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Vegan, vegetarian 4 Comments

Potato Salad (An Actually Good Recipe)

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 by Polly Castor
Actually good potato Salad recipe

Finally, a summery potato salad worth making!

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

Lemon Caesar Dressing Recipe

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 by Polly Castor
Lemon Caesar Dressing recipe

This stuff is potent and wildly delicious! It’s great as a salad dressing, a drizzle over protein, or as a dip for crudités.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, Salads, seafood, vegetarian, Whole30 3 Comments

Spring Vegetable Pie (Recipe)

October 18, 2020June 1, 2020 by Polly Castor

This recipe is so delicious the two of us unexpectedly ate the whole thing at one sitting.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, spring, vegetarian, Whole30 7 Comments

Easy Asparagus Soup (Recipe)

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 by Polly Castor
Easy Asparagus Soup Recipe

This is a terrific way to celebrate the advent of asparagus season.

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

Indian Style Vegetable Curry (Recipe)

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020 by Polly Castor
Indian Style Vegetable Curry Recipe

This keeper recipe tastes like the best of Indian take-out. Chop everything first, then this comes together quickly.

Categories Food Tags Main Dish, Recipes, Vegan, vegetarian 3 Comments

Sweet Potato Bean Burgers with Yogurt Sauce (Recipe)

April 15, 2020 by Polly Castor
Sweet Potato Bean Burgers with Yogurt sauce Recipe

These are yummy, easy, nutritious, and filling.

Categories Food Tags Main Dish, Recipes, Vegan, vegetarian 3 Comments

Food for Sheltering in Place (Part 1)

April 7, 2020 by Polly Castor
Food for Sheltering in Place

Hope you are taking good care of yourself and this gives you some good ideas of what to make.

Categories Food, Ideas Tags Organic food, Recipes, seafood, vegetarian 2 Comments

Apple Turnover (Recipe)

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 by Polly Castor
Apple Turnover Recipe

Here is the recipe for my husband’s marvelous apple turnovers! You’ll be so glad you made them!

Categories Food Tags Desserts, Recipes, vegetarian 3 Comments

Spinach Falafel (Recipe)

February 27, 2020January 31, 2020 by Polly Castor
Spinach Falafel recipe

We are liking this freshened up version of the perennial vegetarian classic. Give it a try.

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

Polly’s Mom’s Yam and Cranberry Casserole (Recipe)

December 17, 2019December 16, 2019 by Polly Castor
Yam and Cranberry Casseroles Recipe

This special holiday side dish is easy but oh so yummy!

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

Recent Food Here ( Photos with Recipe Links)

October 26, 2019October 26, 2019 by Polly Castor

I hope the photos below entice you to try some of these that are classic in my repertoire

Categories Food, Photography Tags Recipes, seafood, vegetarian Leave a comment

Vegetable Statistics Worth Considering

October 19, 2019 by Polly Castor

Ponder these statistics and consider your own behavior. How should these numbers change?

Categories Food, Ideas Tags food politics, Mindfulness, vegetarian Leave a comment

Fried Eggplant with Honey and Lemon Zest (Recipe)

October 15, 2019 by Polly Castor

If you can get over dealing with hot oil, this side dish is amazingly delicious.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, vegetarian Leave a comment

Gluten Free Corn Cakes (Recipe)

October 8, 2019 by Polly Castor
Gluten Free Corn Cakes Recipe

Delicious enough for company, easy enough for everyday, this is a great recipe.

Categories Food Tags Breakfast, Recipes, sprouted flour, vegetarian Leave a comment

Falafel with Tzatziki (Recipe)

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by Polly Castor

Falafel sandwiches are a satisfying, classic, meatless meal that is basically a tzatziki delivery system.

Categories Food Tags Recipes, vegetarian 2 Comments

Sweet Corn Chowder (Recipe)

September 9, 2020September 1, 2019 by Polly Castor
Sweet Corn Chowder recipe

I bought this farmer’s market corn to make the fabulous corn chowder that the cooking teacher had his class make last week at camp.

Categories Food Tags Organic food, Recipes, vegetarian 20 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

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

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!

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

I am a silent regular reader of your daily blog, and I’m finally in touch to tell you how much I like it. I love it!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

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

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

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

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

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

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

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

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

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.

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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.

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

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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!

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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.

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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.

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.

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

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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

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

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

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’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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

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

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

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

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you for bringing your beautiful great outdoors into my world.
You do a great job taking pictures. The colors are so vibrant and I like that you notice
shadows.

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

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

Thank you for 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 never before found computers this beautiful….

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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

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

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

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

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

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!

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

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

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

I LOVE YOU!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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

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

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

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

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

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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.

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

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

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

Thanks for the nudge!

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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!!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

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

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! ❤️

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

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

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

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

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

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

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Polly your blog is simply a marvelously enriching, thought provoking part of the daily wonders of life! I give thanks for you and the blog!

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have tremendous admiration for your strength, your depth, your compassion, your passion and your love. You are a woman deeply filled to the brim…

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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 is relevant and an excellent way for me to look at some situations I have been in recently.
Thank you Polly.
I will continue to benefit…

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

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

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

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

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

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

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.

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

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

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

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

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

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

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 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!

Love your pastels!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

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

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

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

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

Thank you for introducing me to wonderful, amazing authors.
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You capture so vividly the beauty of nature. Thank you for bringing such beauty into my every day.

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

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