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Category Archives: Mythic Stories
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i was going to paint ducklings and ducks today… all day since i saw them, newly hatched, all waddling behind their mother – hope and trust in motion – that is what i was going to paint, as if one … Continue reading →
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Posted in Mythic Stories, The Now, True Stories
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Tagged balck cats, cat hit by car, ducklings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, feral cats, feral kittens, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, meditation, mourning, mysticism, poetry, possibilities, spirituality, story-telling, sumi-e, trust hope, wisdom
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dreamtime
in the mist and fog of an awakening dream, all is silent. no dogs bark. and i see You.
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Posted in Elders, Mythic Stories
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, deer, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, pointed buck, stag
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mystery
Even reading other’s stories, does not solve the mystery of your own, even if some consider those stories sacred. somedays it is just best to curl up with a good purr. Life is a mystery, but it is a good … Continue reading →
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Tagged black cat, black cats, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, gratitude, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, mystery, mystery books, mystery writing, mysticism, nature, poetry, reading, sacred texts, spirituality, storytelling, sumi-e
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Contrary?
A small spider surprised me today – Not with woven words nor by sitting beside me while i ate curds and whey – it was a day filled with surprises – small miracles in unexpected places.
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Tagged animals, art, blessings, Charlotte's web, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, mary, mary quite contrary, miracles, shamanism, spiders, spirituality, sumi-e, surprises
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Gossip on the tree of life
Here i am in a crook of a tree of life. i am no enemy of Eagle or Dragons i run up and down all trees with equanimity – it is you who speak ill of those you fear – i am … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, climate change, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, global warming, interfaith, interspirituality, nature, poetry, Ratatoskr, spirituality, squirrel, squirrels, tree of life, Yggdrasil
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Textbook art
out of paper? out of the past, in the bottom of a box: a square recycled to hold new ink. Huston we have landed. all creatures have faith. have you got fun?
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Posted in Mythic Stories, Statements of Faith, The Now
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Tagged bunies, collage, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, Hinduism, Huston Smith, interspirituality, little birds, love, nature, poetry, rabbits, spirituality, The Religions of Man
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baby dragons
there are baby dragons everywhere, but we call them anoles. Dragons fly thru the air; but tell yourself it’s only a hawk, with a snake in her talons. (only a hawk flying with a snake?!) Dragon flies butter too – … Continue reading →
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Tagged animals, anoles, art, bird, blessings, dragons, eco-spirituality, hawk with snake, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, life is metaphor, lizards, magic, myth, nature, poetry, reality, spirituality, sumi-e
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Tail Tale
I’m Big, not bad.
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Tagged Big bad wolf, dog, ink brush meditiation, nature, spirituality, wolf
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Where am I?
Lost. Found.
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Of rivers, roads and big cats
I walk the river that was a road and see: a large cat in front of me? panther or puma? cougar? I freeze. The water flows where the cars would go, and I stare, breath held, for … Continue reading →
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Posted in Gratitudes, Mythic Stories, Poems
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Tagged animals, big cats, brush painting, cougar, flood, gratitude, nature, panthers, puma, rivers, spirituality, thanks
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