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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Today’s Babies
i have many babies they all have eyes and ears and noses. some are borrowed, and will go to homes of their own someday – (even the two legged.) none are owned – all are loved.
Posted in Blessings
Tagged all american mutt, babies, dog sitting, dogs, foser dogs, mixed breed dogs, mother's day, motherhood, parenting, rescue dogs
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blackberries and lay overs
At Maggie’s Herb Farm, looking for time/thyme i pass by a blackberry bush, curved stalks bright green leaves filled with hope and possibility. amid the herbs and impending fruitions rested a brilliant blue dragonfly – transparent wings shimmering rainbows. … Continue reading
a morning flights and birds of pray
Shadows beating rhythms on the grasses at my feet, Angels? I look up – a giant swallowtail butterfly swoops onto elderberry blooms. i stand opening my arms, i am engulfed – enrobed in a shadow – soft, blue fleeting- i … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, bird, bird watching, birds of prey, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, enlightenment, faith, flight, ink brush meditation, kites, love, mediation, meditation, mysticism, nature, non-dual, poetry, prayer, shadows, soaring, spirituality, Swallow tail kite
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Studs
we enter the facility, a standard poodle and a standard human. (well depending on your standards) we are there to visit those who do not get to go out visiting anymore. “You have to come to my room! I have … Continue reading
Posted in therapy dog
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, Boxers, canine, children, faith, human, nursing homes, poetry, Pure Bred Boxers, rehabilitation center, Show Dogs, standard poodle, studs, sumi-e, therapy dog, visiting dog
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truth and hope
we play with open mouths and open hearts! and we are tender with both… (unless you are filled with stuffing instead of love – then, no mercy!)
Posted in The Now
Tagged acceptance, animals, art, dog, dog play, dogs and stuffed toys, dogs at play, eco-chaplaincy, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, open hearts, open minds, rescue dogs, SBNR, spirituality, sumi-e, truth
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sleepovers
remember when you were little and you went on your first sleepover with a whole group of your friends and it was all really exciting and you may have been 5 or you may have been 15 and you played … Continue reading
bugged?
sometimes we all get bugged by stuff – old stuff new stuff and we struggle with enlightenments and forgivenesses and wonder how we can walk whatever path we are on. I go outside in my holy pout and sit – … Continue reading
May day
may day may day and all is okay two geese flying together – Flying South by South East? who are you to judge! What does it matter the direction? so long as they have each other.
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged Beltane, bird, birds, blessings, Canadian Geese, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, love, marraige, marriage equality, partnerships, sumi-e, togetherness, trust
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Focus
above my head a cardinal called. i looked up, but saw a hawk instead. the hawk was watching a cat in the grass. I screamed my prayer of safety. Everybody flew away from me. prayers get answered in the strangest … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged answered prayers, bird watching, cardinals, cats, hawks, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, interfaith, outdoor cats, pray, prayers, predatory cats, prey, salvation, SBNR, spirituality, sumi-e
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