{"id":18856,"date":"2026-09-08T18:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=18856"},"modified":"2026-09-09T05:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:38:24","slug":"lyndas-journal-of-blessings_779-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/lyndas-journal-of-blessings_779-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynda&#8217;s Journal of Blessings &#8211; # 779 &#8211; Compost &#8211; A Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0<em>Welcome!<\/em><\/h2>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><em>On this journey of sharing BLESSINGS<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em>I am accompanied by some friends.\u00a0 You can visit them, too.<\/em><\/h4>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta \"><em><span class=\"meta-info-wrap font-inherit\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2026-03-07T23:30:00-07:00\">Jackie\u00a0 at <\/time><span class=\"by-author\"><span class=\"sep\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.songatmidnight.com\/author\/jackie\/\">Jackie McBride<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Abbie at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com\/wp\/\">Abbie Johnson Taylor<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>And, I am\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\">Lynda Lambert<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>__<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Lynda\u2019s Journal of Blessings \u2013 #779\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2><strong>&gt;&gt; Compost &#8211; A Book Review <\/strong><strong>&lt;&lt;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/a.cms.omniupdate.com\/11\/?skin=oucampus&amp;account=obu&amp;site=www&amp;action=de&amp;path=\/stories\/blog\/2020\/04\/reflections-on-psalm-46-there-is-a-river.pcf\">\u00a9<\/a>Walking by Inner Vision,<\/em> since December 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>_My Thoughts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><em><strong>Compost: A Year&#8217;s Musings in Poetry and Art<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>A Book Commentary by Lynda McKinney Lambert <em><a href=\"https:\/\/a.cms.omniupdate.com\/11\/?skin=oucampus&amp;account=obu&amp;site=www&amp;action=de&amp;path=\/stories\/blog\/2020\/04\/reflections-on-psalm-46-there-is-a-river.pcf\">\u00a9<\/a>2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ISBN 979828104274<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dldbooks.com\/carolfarnsworth\/\">Visit Carol&#8217;s Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michigan artist and blogger, Carol Farnsworth has published her new collection of poems and artworks.<\/p>\n<p>A sensitive nature-themed cover invites you to sit down in your favorite chair and begin to read this feast for the eyes and literary visions through poems that radiate the Creator\u2019s life forces and our human destiny.<\/p>\n<p>This collection of writings and original art is one you will enjoy for a long time. Consider getting more copies to gift to friends.<\/p>\n<p>Relax and enjoy this year-long exchange of art and writing, Carol and I created poems and artworks six days a week, and we sent them to each other through the local post offices in our hometowns.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Yes! Some cards never arrived at their destination.<\/p>\n<p>Some were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>But most cards arrived in decent shape.\u00a0 This book opens a window to Carol Farnsworth poems and paintings, for your reading and viewing adventure.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Compost<\/em><\/strong> is a collection of her year-long work in writing as well as daily art projects created on the post cards.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hope that a companion book will be coming in the near future highlighting more of her work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The artworks range from the subtle and balanced arrangement of alphabetical letters on a rosy-red background, which gives readers a contemplative feeling of tranquility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a number of images captured by photography using a variety of high-tech processes that looks like \u00a0animals are literally moving through space and reminds me of deer imagery from early mythological tales.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With carefully crafted poems that will capture your attention, Carol also moves through the time in a year-long adventure of writing and making art for this book.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, her artworks move into the painterly<\/p>\n<p>The book records a year in her literary and artistic life.\u00a0 Eventually as the book comes to the end of the year-long-project, her artworks show the progress of her searching in art and writing, and she brings her art to a joyous conclusion with post cards that are alive and moving with Gestural Abstraction, and fireworks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of the artworks are inspired by the poems, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a must read and must share type of book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>__Scripture<\/h3>\n<p><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif, Noto Color Emoji; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">Isaiah 42:5<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>God is described as the one who &#8220;created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>__Daily Action Plan<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>1_Go to Amazon and order a copy of this lovely new book of poetry, with photos and artworks in color. This book is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Carol-Farnsworth\/author\/B09BMJ44YK?ref=ap_rdr&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true&amp;ccs_id=7304b65f-d6fe-4daf-963a-9631b6a899ca\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After you\u00a0 READ\u00a0 this book, please go back to leave a review of it which is tremendously helpful.<\/p>\n<p>2. The holidays are coming along very soon.\u00a0 I suggest that you purchase both of Carol&#8217;s published books on Amazon, to give as holiday gifts to family and friends.\u00a0 Her first book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaf-Memories-Carol-Farnsworth\/dp\/B09BGM16TH\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17SCGKRXXZ38Y&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MzhjMRtJOPlTWLJ9Qm8PWs1yCcOMDBO8bLmd89ojPmM.1qqMRXLsf7Xp4a_LHFvkkDCLCcDA7_pgZwomBXtfsAc&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=leaf%2Bmemoriescarol%2Bfarnsworth&amp;qid=1788895006&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=leaf%2Bmemories_carol%2Bfarnsworth%2Cstripbooks%2C104&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Leaf Memories<\/a> and it would be a perfect companion to match her newest book, &#8220;Compost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3. See the additional ways to read Carols books.\u00a0 They are offered on her Amazon Authors site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a.cms.omniupdate.com\/11\/?skin=oucampus&amp;account=obu&amp;site=www&amp;action=de&amp;path=\/stories\/blog\/2020\/04\/reflections-on-psalm-46-there-is-a-river.pcf\">\u00a9<\/a><em>Lynda\u2019s Journal of Blessings, 2026.<\/em>_<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know\u00a0 what you liked about Carol&#8217;s book!<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<h3>Meet Lynda&#8230;<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_18195\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18195\" data-attachment-id=\"18195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=18195\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"DSC08415\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lynda is standing beside a bright red Japanese Maple tree that is in her prayer garden. She is wearing a blue hand-knit jacket, and she is smiling at you!  Isn&amp;#8217;t God just the Best!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8221; Lynda&amp;#8217;s Prayer Garden&amp;#8221;&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhoto by Bob Lambert&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18195\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC08415-scaled.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8221; Lynda&#8217;s Prayer Garden&#8221;<br \/>Photo by Bob Lambert<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>FYI<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Final Note:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><strong>What inspired me to begin writing blog posts about BLESSINGS?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Your comments and prayers inspire the best in me.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if this message is helpful to you.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing my Sunday Blessings posts with others to encourage them and share the Love of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a.cms.omniupdate.com\/11\/?skin=oucampus&amp;account=obu&amp;site=www&amp;action=de&amp;path=\/stories\/blog\/2020\/04\/reflections-on-psalm-46-there-is-a-river.pcf\"><strong>\u00a9<\/strong><\/a><strong><em>Lynda\u2019s Journal of Blessings, 2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>FYI: My Background:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Professor Lynda McKinney Lambert taught fine art and humanities at a Christian college in Western Pennsylvania, She was a tenured professor, an actively exhibiting artist, and a published author.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I created exciting courses across the disciplines \u2013 Art \u2013<\/em><br \/>\n<em>English\u00a0 Literature \u2013 Humanities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My courses were taught on campus during the spring and fall semesters.\u00a0 In the summer, I taught in Salzburg, Austria for a month of travel and studies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My passions in academia are poetry and fine art.\u00a0 I author books and I create\u00a0 fine art in several mediums \u2013 Painting\u00a0 and\u00a0 Fiber Art.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How I Found HOPEFULNESS in Unexpected Changes:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I discovered a new life after sudden sight loss. For the next two years, I learned to see the world and my place in it in an entirely new way.\u00a0 I completed training for Personal Adjustment to Blindness, It took two years of training and lots of challenging work to learn to read and write using adaptive technologies for the blind.\u00a0 Ad the months went by, God was showing me that my creative life would continue,, but in some new ways.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I began to write Divinely inspired life lessons<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New experiences and God-directed Opportunities<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New DISCOVERIES\u00a0 to\u00a0 share with the world<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A NEW SEASON on the Narrow Path with Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>365 Days \u2013 My ONE WORD for 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lynda\u2019s Latest Books are now available on Amazon and all retail booksellers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Each-Day-Holds-Some-Small\/dp\/B0CZLB6K1B\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AKBEMhZ3x5CQ0NNqltM0EtgoRCGJw8cAuWm1V1FtLnFnmSxdFKReoIqZgCLK8wPz6epWXVx8d1iYsk9KTVdaiM56oXNi6J2FDDpUqgGwHfA.gBG7GDluox3HaNvc7qn5xan71PfMF1FisqLF9ZIR028&amp;qid=1761844481&amp;sr=1-2\"><strong>LOOK HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interview with Lynda\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindoureyes.org\/booklaunch\/BBL-2024-04-18-Lynda-Lambert-Audio.mp3?fbclid=IwY2xjawEpaUFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRZ1sQ1QgFg9YAIIj_mko_b-_rK7mRhg0HM0r1uYdx-wGSK7MSgYdi1PLw_aem_01KVukqKFwISArROlR471w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen Here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each Day Holds Some Small Joy \u2013 Collection of Haiku and Tanka nature poems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You May Also Like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Songs for the Pilgrimage\u2026A Collection of Poems and short writings from journals and travels<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Lynda\u2019s latest books!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Songs for the Pilgrimage<\/em><\/strong><em>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Purchase\u00a0 Lynda\u2019s Books at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?i=digital-text&amp;rh=p_27%3ALynda+Lambert&amp;s=relevancerank&amp;text=Lynda+Lambert&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2025. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Courtesy of Allauthor. Thank you!<br \/>\nBooks illustrated were created by DLD Books.<br \/>\nLynda has 6 published books.<br \/>\nMemoir, Poetry, Non-fiction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Lynda+McKinney+Lambert&amp;i=audible&amp;ref=adbl_pdp_slider_author\"><strong>Lynda<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a.cms.omniupdate.com\/11\/?skin=oucampus&amp;account=obu&amp;site=www&amp;action=de&amp;path=\/stories\/blog\/2020\/04\/reflections-on-psalm-46-there-is-a-river.pcf\"><strong>\u00a9<\/strong><\/a><strong><em>Lynda\u2019s Journal of Blessings, 2026.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a number of images captured by photography using a variety of high-tech processes that looks like \u00a0animals are literally moving through space and reminds me of deer imagery from early mythological tales.<\/p>\n<p>With carefully crafted poems that will capture your attention, Carol also moves through the time in a year-long adventure of writing and making art for this book.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, her artworks move into the painterly&#8230;<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/lyndas-journal-of-blessings_779-compost\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[1937,3,2470,2372],"tags":[2296,2469,2432,2283,2360],"class_list":["post-18856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-2","category-trusting-god","category-a-book-commentary","category-lyndas-journal-of-blessings","tag-art","tag-book-commentary","tag-carol-farnsworth","tag-nature","tag-poems"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-4U8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19325,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/lyndas-journal-of-blessings_775-stellar\/","url_meta":{"origin":18856,"position":0},"title":"Lynda&#8217;s Journal of Blessings_#775-Stellar","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"August 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Welcome! 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