Author Archives: eteal

Unknown's avatar

About eteal

Reverend Teal is a minister, chaplain, artist and storyteller. She specializes in the human-animal bond and all its healing aspects.

Big Fuzzy Blackness

i awoke up in a dark mood, and went outside. there curled up at my feet was a big fuzzy blackness – busy eating purple flowers that the wind had blown into the ground – a feast of royal colour … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in The Now | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

what bug’s You?

you never know what you will find when you look into the drawers or boxes or the past. Sometimes, it’s bugs, sometimes it’s what bugs you….

Rate this:

Posted in The Now | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

CLIMB!

the clouds looked like they were threatening , so we all scampered to our various abodes, some of them higher than others.

Rate this:

Posted in The Now | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Home

what do you mean ‘doll’s house’?  it was empty, so we moved in.

Rate this:

Posted in The Now | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gifts from above

i am cleaning. it is hot. i find a blanket in a box, it had been the winter home of moths and mice, toss it on the floor to be washed unwittingly tossing it onto the kittens – a gift … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Tao Cats | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

but it’s a mess out there…

i look out my window and there is a beautiful zebra longwing butterfly perfectly placed in a single pane, the edges of the multi-panel moulding acting as a frame – exiting my room, i enter into the world, and the … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in The Now | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

comfort

i am under the weather, but it is only a simple storm,  still, even in the simplest of storms,  the thunder and lightening can be frightening. i’s always nice to hear, it’s gonna be ok. and it will. honest.

Rate this:

Posted in therapy dog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

care crow

Rate this:

Posted in Winged wisdoms | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fast

He is so fast, like lightening – and so bright, He makes the whole world light up! Did you know that Lugh can change into a dog? not a dog of war, or destruction, but a companion?…. perhaps, just maybe, … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in God's dog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Early harvest

the crop of kittens and cats of poodles and paps is almost ready to harvest… . as we lie in the unmown grass, i think about the grains of early harvest times, of the sowing of seeds and hopes and … Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Animal assisted therapy, animal facilitated chaplaincy, God's dog, Gratitudes, Poems | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment