"I've been reading your archives... reading and rereading everything I could find. You are an amazing creature. Bravissimo..." - Marlena de Blasi, internationally bestselling author of A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany
"For several years, L.R. Heartsong's Soul Artist Journal landed gracefully in my in-box once a week. I was an avid reader, admiring his calm and lyrical voice, knowing I would be given a connection with the everyday sacred: bare feet on earth, a grandmother tree outside his door, a lit candle, a fragrant soup, a hike in the mountains, the soul of cooking. This was mixed with a wry, searching mind, soulful melancholy, refreshing honesty, deep connection to spirit, and candid self-reflection. Always a varied and luscious feast! After reading, I emerged more engaged with life, slower, more careful, less distracted. Thank you, River, for bringing together some of these kernels into a book. They are needed in the world." - Carolyn Brigit Flynn, author of Communion: In Praise of the Sacred Earth, editor of Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry & Sacred Stories by Women
"River is a brilliant writer who shares deep and important life wisdom with his readers." - Michael Stone, award-winning Conversations Radio (arewelistening.net)
"Like the classic polenta dish that L.R. Heartsong describes in such glorious detail, the writings compiled here are seriously delicious. Consume slowly, savor each rich detail, and nourish yourself with the small miracles of sensual pleasure that make life, even amid all the madness, worth living." - Mary Reynolds Thompson, award-winning author of Reclaiming the Wild Soul
