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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Hound
the sound of a hound Calls me awake. All is well. You are here.
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Ugly?
please stop telling the story of the ugly duckling the way you do. some of us are ducks. not swans. i know you think it is not the point of the story. but all ducks are not the same. some … Continue reading
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Tagged art, beauty, bird on a wire, growing up, muscovy duck, mysticism, painting on fabric, poetry, possibilities, spirituality, storytelling, sumi-e, swan, ugly duckling
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Please come to Boston….
please come to Boston, and she said YES! won’t you come home to Me.
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Tagged adopted Boston Terrier, Boston Terrrier, brush painting, dog training, enzo, home, hope, love, mysticism, pet adoption, poetry, separation anxiety, spirituality, sumi-e
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swamp kitty?
stopped by the side of an almost road, i’m looking into the tangle of vines and suddenly You appear Confidently walking across my path – “what?” You seemed to say, “people think you are domestic too!”
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Tagged domestic cats, domesticity, feral cats, mysticism, nature is my religion, pax, peace, Siamese cats, spiritual paths, wild at heart
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Vast
sometimes the world is so big that even the stars seem small.
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Tagged amo, bunny, cartoon, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, humility, ink drawings, mysticism, nature, overwhelmed, poetry, rabbit, spirituality, star gazing, stars, sumi-e
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songs
how can someone so small, who seems to wear a frown, bring so much joy & make such a loud sound? the question is rhetorical for even as i pose it – a voice breaks thru my Beloved’s song – ‘oh will … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, collage, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, fairy tales, florida tree frog, frog croaking, frog's song, frogs, humorous poems, interspirituality, loud frogs, love, mysticism, nature, perspectives, poetry
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possibilities
sometimes yes, please! and hope look a lot alike.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, canine body language, cartoon, dog training, hope, ink brush painting, love, pet therapy, please, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs
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Read
The door is gone. The closet has been painted red. New shelves await old books. Books? why not just read Me? besides, I can even re-shelve myself. Can your library do that?
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Tagged black cats, body language, books, cartoon, cat poetry, home library, home office, libraries, mysticism, reading cats, sumi-e
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pets & children
I AM Rabbit. we mother when we should befriend… and sometimes we befriend when we should mother. This bunny is not a child. and your child is not a bunny. every one is somebunny to someone – but if we … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, blessings, eco-spirituality, house rabbits, ink brush painting, inner child, inner grown-up, interspecies spirituality, made in the image of God, mothering, mysticism, nature, parenting, pet rabbits, rabbits and kids, respect, responsible behavior, spirituality, sumi-e, theology
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