Arkansas Democrat Gazette
January 3, 2008

"DISCOVERIES OF 2007: The quirky The Polishing Stone is a quarterly lifestyle magazine devoid of ads but loaded with positive stories. It's refreshingly unflashy in layout and design. The Winter 2007 issue has a fun cookie primer (with recipes ) and a feature on transitoriented development. If you loved The Whole Earth Catalog, you'll love Stone." (read the complete article)

Harmonious Environment
Norma Lehmeier Hartie

"This quarterly ad-free magazine is a gem! The magazine is filled with practical tips and advice, stories and recipes--all geared for a healthy and happy lifestyle. This is the type of magazine you want to keep for its valuable information." (read the complete article)

Seattle Post Intelligencer
November 30, 2007

"Seen/scene: Indie magazine helps fine-tune your life
Promoting healthy living through personal storytelling, inspiration and a minimum of dogma is the goal of The Polishing Stone, a non-profit, ad-free magazine published by a Snohomish County mom." (read the complete article)

PR Newswire Press Release
November 15, 2007:
The Polishing Stone Magazine Brings Low-tech Balance to High-tech Holiday Gifts

Snohomish, WA - With so many high-tech gadgets on everyone's holiday gift lists this year, why not consider adding something distinctively low-tech, high content and refreshingly positive?

The Polishing Stone, a quarterly, ad-free lifestyle magazine, is running a "Two Friends Free" holiday promotion this year: buy one subscription at regular price and get two additional gift subscriptions free. (See www.polishingstone.org or call (360) 862-8369 for more information.)

The Polishing Stone has a warm, hand-crafted feel and a positive tone that reflects the magazine's theme of "refining the life you live into the life you love."

Articles cover a broad range of topics from practical, solution-oriented tips you can use every day to informative articles, stories and examples of people making positive changes in their lives. It's the kind of magazine that inspires curling up with a cup of tea and unwinding after a stress-filled day.

"In a world where the news is often disturbing and divisive, we feel that the positive message of our magazine is essential, because it creates common ground," said Kylie Loynd, founder and publisher of The Polishing Stone. "It opens the door to understanding that, regardless of our backgrounds, we all share a desire to build a healthier life for ourselves, our families, and communities."

The look and tone of I is refreshingly different from other magazines. It is printed on non-glossy, eco-friendly paper.

Because there is no advertising, there's plenty of room for the magazine's original artwork and rich content, which both informs and inspires.

The magazine includes whole-food recipes, tips on natural health care, gardening, "green" home remodeling and environmental products and services. It also offers thought-provoking essays on relationships, parenting and community as well as investigative articles on social and environmental issues.

For more information see www.polishingstone.org

Note to editors: Kylie Loynd is available for interviews. Review copies of the magazine are available. Contact, media only: Jennifer Allen Newton, jennifer@bluehousecg.com or 503-805-7540.

New York Spirit magazine
October-November 2005
Spirit Picks: "Read Right"

Angela Starks

"With today's suffocating corporate ownership of so much of the media, independent publications are a breath of fresh air. The Polishing Stone is a wonderful little magazine that you may not have heard of. Its ad-free, recycled-paper pages are filled with innovative ideas, facts that really make you think, and encouragement for making changes to our lives that bring us into harmony with the environment, our communities, and our own health. Especially valuable are the product reviews for everything from non-toxic laundry detergent to inspiring books; it's as if an expert shopper has gone out and done all the research for you. But, as they state, "there is more to life than to-do lists" and so they also reflect on spiritual and relationship issues. This is one publication that obviously draws its inspiration from real life, not just from press releases. The non-judgmental approach coupled with the lovely hand-printed look make it an absolute pleasure to read."

See the January/February 2005 issue of Utne magazine - The Polishing Stone is featured in the Street Librarian's "This Just In" section.

Everett Herald
Business Section, July 24, 2004:
Time to shine —by Evan Caldwell - Herald Writer

"Kylie Loynd of Snohomish believes everyone can play a role in preserving the environment, and she is sharing ideas through her new magazine The Polishing Stone.

"Kylie Loynd is telling people they can make a difference in the environment, no matter how small the effort..."

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