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One Word Less For Lent 2017 – Day 6 – To Look Younger

March 8, 2017 By Sandra Heska King

    To Look Younger For the price of a bag of oranges I’ll be an ass for my id look ten years younger redefined revitalized renewed the wizard says just follow the yellow brick road for a trial run. Word Count: 35       In the stillness, Sandy Note: I read this morning […]

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One Word Less For Lent 2017 – Day 5 – Hope of Spring

March 6, 2017 By Sandra Heska King

  Hope of Spring Creation’s writing love notes, inking jeweled lines on blue parchment and punctuating with a kiss of red. Snow dust spills in sunlight like makeup glitter, and life’s being conceived under a white sheet– hope of spring.       Word count: 36 A repost   In the stillness, Sandy  

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One Word Less For Lent 2017 – Day 4 – Living Each Detail

March 4, 2017 By Sandra Heska King

each detail

      Living Each Detail “Jesus loved the secret places, getting out of the crowd, walking away to stop and enjoy the beauty of the creation, living each detail to its fullest knowing that our journey in this world can be short . . .” ~Jonathan Altmonte Word Count: 37 Graduate of Compassion’s Leadership […]

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One Word Less For Lent 2017 – Day 3 – Fighting For You

March 3, 2017 By Sandra Heska King

    Fighting for You One papered me with stickers The other readjusted, removed, stuck herself. They squabbled. We were baffled. Time for timeout? Yuleisy got to the bottom of it She’s fighting for you, she said, because her friend has offended you. Word Count: 38   In the stillness, Sandy   Note: These sweet girls are part […]

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One Word Less For Lent 2017 – Day 2 – It’s Not About the Gift

March 2, 2017 By Sandra Heska King

  It’s Not About the Gift They spread a table with handcrafted hospitality. Take one, they say, and when enough is certain, take another. We, proud, hesitate to accept a free gift. But in the end it’s not about the gift it’s about the love. Word Count: 39   Note: I took a whole suitcase of gifts to the Dominican […]

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One Word Less For Lent 2017 – Day 1 – Sunday Mourning

March 1, 2017 By Sandra Heska King

Sunday ends in mourning

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One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 1 (Still Saturday)

April 4, 2015 By Sandra Heska King

  LIVE! Word Count: 1   All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. Live. Live now. Drink deep. Live deep. Live into this moment. Live forever. Because though they stretched Him out like a carcass, like a trophy, death could not hold Him. He roared and rose. HE’S ALIVE. Alleluia! […]

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One Word Less For Lent 2014 – 2

April 3, 2015 By Sandra Heska King

  Forgive them.   Word Count: 2 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here.   In the stillness, Sandy Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. ~Luke 23:34a (NIV) Photos by Grace

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One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 3

April 3, 2015 By Sandra Heska King

  Drink the cup. Word Count: 3 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here.   In the stillness, Sandy “For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him . . .” ~ Philippians 1:29

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One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 4

April 1, 2015 By Sandra Heska King

    Take up your towel.   Word Count: 4   All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here.   In the stillness, Sandy Photos by Grace

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From my backyard tonight. From my backyard tonight.
Just another sunset. Just another sunset.
“I would like people to remember of me, how inex “I would like people to remember of me, how inexhaustible was her mindfulness.” ~ Mary Oliver in “ A Little Ado About This and That.”
Current situation. Current situation.
“This spark of life that wavest wings of gold” “This spark of life that wavest wings of gold” ~ Thomas Wentworth Higginson in “Ode to a Butterfly”
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We pulled all the milkweed because it just could not support all the caterpillars. They were eating it bare and most of them died because they ran out of food. This one butterfly found this one lone volunteer.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright futur "I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." ~ E.B. White (as quoted on today's page in my Franklin Planner)
"May you experience each day as a sacred gift wove "May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder." ~ John O'Donohue in "For Presence" from To Bless the Space Between Us
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Tri-colored heron stalking breakfast in my backyard.
“. . neighbor’s tree hangs heavy with mangoes “. .  neighbor’s tree hangs heavy with mangoes. They are moving in a week. They say a family from Belarus bought the house. I hope they don’t care much for mangoes.”
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“Beautiful Sweet Things” at https://sandraheskaking.substack.com/
"People do not grow old. When they cease to grow t "People do not grow old. When they cease to grow they become old.” ~ Emerson

It's been a while since I've written anything on my blog. Like 3 years. But I just wrote my first post on Substack. Come see?

https://sandraheskaking.substack.com/p/ten-years-ten-things
Spent a couple hours this morning with friends fro Spent a couple hours this morning with friends from @spanishriverchurch picking up beach trash. Little bits of colored and clear plastic, big bits of plastic, bottle caps, broken glass, strings, ropes, straws, socks, fast food containers, paper, cigarette holders and filters—and a couple unmentionables. Took extra care around the turtle nests. Last count was about 70 pounds, but there were also some bigger things like an abandoned chair and a plastic tent. And a big piece of burlap or something with a fishing lure and giant hook attached. D found a Macy’s gift card that he almost tossed in his bucket. But we brought it home to check the balance—$24.60! We should be able to turn that into something useful for someone. 😊
H Already dead, I am living my afterlife here in t H
Already dead, I am
living my afterlife
here
in the form of a human.
~ Xueyan from Time Peels All to Original White

Thanks to @tspoetry for introducing me to this beautiful collection via an Every Day Poems selection.
The cats attacked the window all night. The dog wo The cats attacked the window all night. The dog woofed all night. This morning we discovered the would-be burglar imprisoned between the screen and the glass on our bedroom slider. 

When I stepped out to release it (no bail), I was surprised by this brief bit of backyard beauty.
For most of us, knowledge of our world comes large For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?" ~ Rachel Carson in The Sense of Wonder
#prayformsu #spartanstrong #spartannurse #michigan #prayformsu #spartanstrong #spartannurse #michiganstateuniversity
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faith Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. ~ Psalm 136:1
A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana A tale of two iguanas... I did not see the iguana in the background until I downloaded the photos. That, I believe, is the one that got caught in one of the openings in the neighbor's chain link fence. We tried in several (safe) ways to dislodge it without luck and could think of no other option but to leave it. Somehow it apparently dislodged itself. We also believe this is the pair that was getting into another neighbor's garden. We haven't seen either one since the last cold snap, so we are wondering if they survived. 
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Thinking some may have tumbled from their perches last night. Pretty sure it will be raining iguanas tonight since we are under a frost advisory. It's cold. And windy.
Just sing... sing a song... Singing our way into Just sing... sing a song... 

Singing our way into the weekend.
"We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramse "We don't just see. We learn to see." ~ Russ Ramsey in Rembrandt is in the Wind
Now you see me... now you don't. Now you see me... now you don't.
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