Monthly Archives: June 2015

lampshades and light

Posted on June 29, 2015 by eteal

you keep saying that i am the light of your life, but when can i please take off this lampshade!

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Posted in The Now | Tagged canine humor, cone of shame, dog comic, dogs, elizabethan collar, elizabethan collars on dogs, healing, humor, light of your life, love, standard poodle, veterinarian | Leave a comment

soaring skyward

Posted on June 28, 2015 by eteal

on my way to work today, two crows soared skyward across my path. and as the sun hit there feathers, i saw rainbows. listen to your heart. follow. love.

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Posted in The Now | Tagged crows, follow your heart, rainbow crow, rainbow stories, sacred stories, soar, story medicine, storytellling | Leave a comment

Alex’s dog knew all his secrets, and never told them to anyone. but when he died, he discovered that St. Peter knew them too. so he went to St. Francis, who smiled with a nod – and said nothing is … Continue reading →

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Posted in The Now | Tagged animal assisted therapy, bereavement, dog poetry, fathers and daughters, gay rights, German Shepherd, grief, healing stories, heaven, joy, love, man's best friend, marriage equality, poetry, rainbow bridge, spirituality, St. Francis, standing on the side of love | Leave a comment

chew

Posted on June 25, 2015 by eteal

one of us is big, one of us is small. one of us is younger. one of us is older. one of us just moved here. one of us has lived here for a long time. two by two we … Continue reading →

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Posted in therapy dog, zen dog | Tagged blended family, chew toys, chihuahua, chihuahua mix, dogs chewing, immigration, Noah's legacy, papillion, papillion mix, poetry, radical hospitality, standard poodle, story for all ages, storytelling, sumi-e, two by two | Leave a comment

traveling companions

Posted on June 24, 2015 by eteal

oh small swallow! how lucky you are not to travel alone. how lucky we all are – for we too, are never alone. (even if sometimes we forget)

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Posted in The Now, Winged wisdoms | Tagged art, birds, flocks of birds, friendship, God's children, journeying, mysticism, poetry, sacred poetry, sumi-e, swallows, traditional sumi-e swallow, traveling | Leave a comment

connecting dots

Posted on June 24, 2015 by eteal

there is a black dot in the center of the white square. or is it a white dot on a black square? the silence is broken by purring. One eye opens- AH, it is You!

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Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Blessings, Tao Cats | Tagged black cat, feline, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, mystic cats, mysticism, poetry, spirituaity, sumi-e, tao, tao cats, white cat, yin yang, zen, zen cats | Leave a comment

hiding

Posted on June 22, 2015 by eteal

there is a little dog hiding under the dresser, sorta…. the thunder is loud, and the place is new – and i am scared, but not of You!

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Posted in The Now | Tagged faith, hope, love, moving, mysticism, new dog, newly adopted dog, re-homing a dog, rehomed dog, sumi-e, thunder, Thunderstorms | Leave a comment

path of the sun

Posted on June 22, 2015 by eteal

“On the longest day of the year the sun stays high in the sky, shining her sunny beams and baking the ground beneath. Time seams to stop. So much is happening with this moment in eternity, on this day of … Continue reading →

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Posted in The Now | Tagged Baptisms, cat on driveway, cat poetry, hot outside, ink painting, middle way, mysticism, poetry, poetry with cats, solstice, sumi-e, tao | Leave a comment

Solace Solstice

Posted on June 21, 2015 by eteal

The poets and the peoples speak of ‘falling in love.’ They tell us to ‘follow our hearts’. How can i do both? When one leaves me so free falling – feeling out of control, and the other makes me feel … Continue reading →

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sunny landings

Posted on June 20, 2015 by eteal

it is so hot. inside and out. Yes, We must stand in the Light… but we can still rest in the petals of the Sun.

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Posted in The Now | Tagged anger, art, dragonflies, dragonfly, flower petals, love, mysticism, nature, pace, pax, peace, poetry, standing in the light, standing on the side of love, sumi-e, summer heat, sunflower | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: June 2015

lampshades and light

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soaring skyward

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Alex’s Dog

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chew

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traveling companions

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connecting dots

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hiding

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path of the sun

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Solace Solstice

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sunny landings

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