{"id":2935,"date":"2018-02-04T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T18:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2018-12-27T11:45:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T16:45:55","slug":"favorite-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/favorite-things\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Things – A Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Previously published by “The Weekly Avocet,” Issue #270.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Are You a Stone Keeper?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Do you LOVE stones?<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Stone Crazy<\/p><\/div>\n

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I found poetic inspirations in my little cedar box full of gem stones.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

I am stone-crazy, how about you?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Does a stone in your hand make you happy? I collect stones from just about everywhere. My husband <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Is also a stone-keeper. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you have favorite stones?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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My favorites stones are found at the bottom of the creek.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Washed over for centuries and gathered over the years into  the little eddies along the creek edges. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I also like <\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Yellow (transparent) Labradorite, and All colors of Labradorite;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Purple and Blue Turquoise from Kingman mine and turquoise from the Sleeping Beauty mine ( which is closed and no more turquoise is being taken from it).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Green Aventurine: Protects against environmental pollution,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Pink Sapphire: the Wisdom stone. Each color has its own Wisdom.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I never found a stone I didn\u2019t like. Each one is a miracle of creation.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Favorite Things <\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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My small cedar box embraces <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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yesterday\u2019s vanishing dreams. My<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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favorite obsessions – polished and hidden.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Amber, formed deep in the Baltic Sea<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Volcanic rocks, rough black<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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occasionally spewed from the fire<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Red coral, carved by clever hands<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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inspired memories of summer roses<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Turquoise slabs extracted from Arizona\u2019s<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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equivocal, rare, Sleeping Beauty mine<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Treasures from Kingman<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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have a special room in my heart<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I touch the sacred gifts from the earth <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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nourish my soul with their splendour<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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gather each gem, one at a time. My<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sleeping Beauties – Talismans – Favorite things.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ellwood City, PA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Visit me:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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www.lyndalambert.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Author of <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage, Kota Press.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems, DLD Books. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My 3rd book is Star Signs: New and Selected Poems <\/strong> scheduled for publication in 2019<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And God said, \u201cLet there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years. Genesis 1:14 (NES)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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First Snow (Lynda\u2019s first chapbook) is ready for publication in 2018. .<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Editors: contact the author for information & viewing this work.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My Author\u2019s Page: http:\/\/www.dldbooks.com\/lyndalambert<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I touch the sacred gifts from the earth
\nnourish my soul with their splendour
\ngather each gem, one at a time.<\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1255,"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_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":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Rocks_Nest2_Compressed2.jpg?fit=3778%2C3406&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-Ll","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3312,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/berchtesgadener-street-stone\/","url_meta":{"origin":2935,"position":0},"title":"Oh, Monday Me! 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