Big Sky Buckeye

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About bigskybuckeye

Born in the Big Sky Country of Montana and now living in the Buckeye State of Ohio, Richard is the creative mind behind Big Sky Buckeye. Retired after 40 years of teaching, I enjoy writing, photography, traveling, and following a healthy lifestyle.

Curious Trivial Facts (11/27)

Posted on November 27, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. We can all appreciate some of the lesser known facts from around the world.

According to numerous pediatric dermatologists, duct tape is an effective, non-painful method for removing warts.

While searching for a way to store hydrogen and other gases needed for his chemistry experiments, London professor Michael Faraday invented the balloon in 1824.

These facts have been discovered in I NEVER KNEW THAT by David Hoffman (2009).

Gabriel Iglesias Quotes

Posted on November 27, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

Anything is possible as long as you’re focused, determined and you really want to do it.

You pigeon hole yourself by the title you give yourself.

Devotion to Prayer (Elfchen Series #86)

Posted on November 26, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

Messaging

Prayer

Seeking God

Focusing on Him

Grasping His Holy text

Dependence

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Rejoicing

Prayer

Righteous faith

Praising Lord Jesus

Growing knowledge of Him

Transformation

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Rewarding

Prayer

Spirit’s interaction

Divine grace transcends

Love touches each heart

Faithfulness

Smith Wigglesworth Quote

Posted on November 26, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

If you seek nothing but the will of God, He will always put you in the right place at the right time.

From 1 John 5:14: “And this is the boldness we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”

Morning Impressions

Posted on November 25, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

Looking out kitchen’s window

Hot coffee warming chilled hands

Cherishing deepest blue skies

Thankful to breathe freedom’s brand

Geese fly across nearby pond

Wishing life could be simple

Photo of children smiling

Catching each happy dimple

Sensing morning’s frosty air

Furnace cranks, erasing cold

Listening to nature’s peace

Fewer song birds to behold

Airplane flying overhead

Gliding to scheduled landing

Mankind dances with nature

Asking, without demanding

Looking toward tomorrow

Life’s cards showing all Aces

Feeling blessed beyond reason

Cherished keepsake embraces

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Early morning is my preferred time to craft poetry, short stories, and other writings. Occasionally, the pre-dawn atmosphere outside of the kitchen window encourages my pen to just take off and write. There is no real plan or objective, but the words flow until a rough outline is coming together. This poem is a result of such an endeavor, and hopefully you–the reader–will find your place in the verses as well.

American Comedians

Posted on November 25, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

**Left: Joan Rivers. Right: Milton Berle. (courtesy of Pinterest)**

Joan Rivers (1933-2014)

If you laugh at it, you can deal with it.

Milton Berle (1908-2002)

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.

Sorrow to Joy

Posted on November 24, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

From John 16:20: “Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.”

Frightened, behind closed doors

Sorrowful tears cry out

Yesterday, filled with light

Today, darkness brings doubt

Disciples and others

Bewildered and scattered

Christ’s death crushes spirit

Faith’s fragileness shattered

No place to run toward

Trapped and shut-off from God

Tomorrow’s hope now gone

What makes this picture flawed?

Peter, John, and Mary

Cold, empty tomb proclaims

Resurrection witnessed

Evil’s planning in flames

Sorrow turning to joy

Messiah comes to save

Bloodied cross bears man’s sins

Chains no longer enslave

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From John 20:18: “Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that He had said these things to her.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on November 24, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

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A healthy fear of God will do much to deter us from sin. When we have a proper fear of the living Lord, we live a cleaner life.

From 1 John 2:4-6: “Whoever says, ‘I have come to know him,’ but does not obey His commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys His word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in Him: whoever says, ‘I abide in him,’ ought to walk just as He walked.”

Nature’s Crossroads (Haiku Series #162)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

Dusk Evaporates

Horizon merges

Pulled along by setting sun—

Stirs nocturnal bliss

Savoring Again

Autumn’s entree fades

Winter’s taste arrives on cue–

Sweet frosting and all

**Photo by Curioso Photography on Pexels.com**

Life’s Adaptation

Facing challenges

Nature transforms to survive—

Will mankind follow?

Washington Irving Quotes

Posted on November 23, 2021 by bigskybuckeye

There is sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power.

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

American Washington Irving (1783-1859) ranks as one of his country’s most renowned authors. His amazing short stories of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleeping Hollow” remain all-time classics. Ironically, his final resting place is at the Sleeping Hollow Cemetery in New York state.

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Rejoicing

Rewarding

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Joan Rivers (1933-2014)

Milton Berle (1908-2002)

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Dusk Evaporates

Savoring Again

Life’s Adaptation

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