Big Sky Buckeye

A writer's journey continues

Pathway Toward Success

Posted on May 15, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

American baseball legend, George Herman “Babe” Ruth, had a simple philosophy as a hitter: “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” In his major league career, he endured many, many strikeouts, but he also hit record numbers of home runs.

Journey’s imperfections

Discovering each day

Simple philosophy

Always swinging away

Freedom to meet failure

Swinging again with might

Confidence maturing

Baseball rises in flight

Pathway toward success

Achieving one more dream

Every strikeout teaches

Lessons ride each sunbeam

Vision’s bright tomorrow

Learning from yesterday

New challenges arrive

Inning’s next double play

Courage stepping out front

Embracing today’s game

Fearless in attitude

Humbleness blends with fame

Carol Burnett Quotes

Posted on May 6, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

No one ever said life was fair. Just eventful.

Carol Burnett (born 1933) is an American actress, comedian, and author. She hosted her own television variety and comedy show from 1967 to 1978.

Now Traveling Light

Posted on April 30, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.”

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Life’s stumbling footsteps

Sullen heart weighed down

Darkness at doorstep

Day’s final breakdown

Burdens never light

Load much too heavy

Collapsing at night

Floodwaters’ levee

Spirit’s tiresome tone

Christ walks alongside

Merciful seeds sown

Faith breathing, clear-eyed

Shelter’s welcome place

Prayer’s trusted reach

Overflowing grace

Christ’s faithful outreach

With every new day

Worry taking flight

Christ’s open gateway

Now traveling light

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From Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to Me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”

Monday Memories: Nothing Pursues Something

Posted on April 21, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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Half-empty coffee cup

Hoping to find something

Peering down, never up

Searching darkened nothing

“Seinfeld” gathers awards

Endless shows with nothing

Jerry’s name on billboards

He’s caught on to something

Writing with empty words

Dreams filling with something

Missing all the keywords

Amounting to nothing

Scanning digital files

Words lost, dreading nothing

Writer facing trials

Mining life for something

Photo on dusty perch

Triggers newfound something

Memories begin search

Looking beyond nothing

Nothing pursues something

Something subdues nothing

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The American sitcom “Seinfeld” entertained viewers for nine years with the creative humor of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. With a setting in New York City, the cast featured regulars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards. The success of the show has often been referenced to a “show about nothing.”

Here is a short clip from the show, featuring Jerry Seinfeld with guest star Brad Garrett. The scene is titled “You barely know your car.”

Originally published October, 2020.

Tomorrow Offers Hope

Posted on April 17, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Journey’s destination

Seeking life’s unknown

Coming to night’s station

No one answers phone

Voices remain muted

Chasing shadow’s trace

Feeling spirit looted

Darkness giving chase

Freedom’s ember cloaked

Walking toward peace

Igniting flame, well-stoked

Distant voice won’t cease

Tomorrow offers hope

Hearing wartime’s calm

Grasping sunrise’s rope

Listen, no more bombs!

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Promised Grace

Posted on April 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 118:1: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His steadfast love endures forever!”

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Christ shall endure forever

Witnessing His steadfast love

Forgiveness heals brokenness

Righteousness flows from above

Christ journeys to Calvary

Bringing man’s darkness with Him

Sin’s valley of death’s shadow

Light waiting at heaven’s rim

Christ becomes faith’s cornerstone

Yielding to Father’s design

Truth waiting at Roman cross

Sacred blood pays every fine

Christ foils enemy’s insults

Shedding eternity’s wrath

Love borne, no matter its cost

Promised grace reveals faith’s path

Christ builds heaven’s trusted bridge

Rising from now empty tomb

Passion’s flames light mercy’s quest

Brought forth into Father’s room

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From Psalm 118:19: “Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.”

Howard Crosby Quote

Posted on April 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Every path that leads to heaven is trodden by willing feet. No one is ever driven to paradise.

From Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

Howard Crosby (1826-1891) was an American pastor and academic professor.

Monday Memories: Back in Time

Posted on April 14, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

**Walking along the ancient canal towpath fills my mind with thoughts of years ago . . .**

Early morning walk, going back in time

Autumn’s breath creates thoughts, filling with rhyme

Trekking along canal’s ancient pathway

Thoughts caress past moments, plenty to say

Gentle breeze, sending leaves twirling on down

Mind arrives at different time and town

Dreaming . . .

More simple times, without high tech living

Days invite, delightful and forgiving

Riding bareback along this old canal

Looking for trees to climb with school-age pals

Fishing one final time, nearby pond waits

When icy winter comes, change to ice skates

Creepy, storm-filled nights, reading classic prose

Edgar Allen Poe’s words, scary shadows

Looking for literature’s lighter themes

Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville adding to dreams

Quiet evenings filled with family time

Gathered around for radio’s primetime

Crisp, fall afternoon, gridiron titans clash

College football rivals looking to smash

Romance blossoms, courtship takes center stage

Life filling with sweetness, each turning page

Back to reality . . .

Journey runs into closed gate at Rager Road

Turning around, grateful for time borrowed

Looking forward to walking here real soon

Fondest memories, let them sing a tune

**A quiet place for fishing, conversation, and winter ice skating.**

Originally published October, 2020.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quote

Posted on April 9, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

If Jesus returns tomorrow, then tomorrow I’ll rest from my labor. But today I have work to do. I must continue the struggle until it’s finished.

From Galatians 6:9: “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.”

German-born Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. Many of his writings express the role of Christianity in mankind’s daily lives. He paid the ultimate price for his activism against the Nazi regime during World War II.

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