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Category Archives: The Now
Pondering
it may seem like i go from here to there without a care, wandering, lost in thought. but i am simply pondering the possibilities.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art meditation, attention, chihuahua mix, dog, focus, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, nature, not all who wander are lost, papillion cross, papillion mix, poetry, pondering, possibilities, self reflection, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs
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Comfort
i didn’t know where You were, I searched and searched. and when I found you? I thought You were dead! but then You peed – all over my comforter……. what a relief! for You and me. i never thought i … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, black cat, blessings, cat, cat pees the bed, comfort, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, laundry, love, nature, nursing a sick cat, poetry, recovery, sick cat, spirituality, sumi-e
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Fences
there is a saying that good fences make good neighbors but i am not so sure that is true, i think that fences make it very hard to see You… and that can make it hard to make friends.
messages
the crow soars above, laughing , cawing – why fly over me? why not stop and stay? i say, calling. silly! why not join me!
flight patterns
in the daylight of the full moon morn. the sun bright in my eye, i still see You. May we all soar in Love, each with our own flight paths,
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Tagged bird, birding, birds, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, egrets, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, morning, mysticism, nature, no regrets, poetry, shamanism, snowy egrets, spirituality, sumi-e, sun and moon together, wisdom
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Life Blinks
the cat in the sink is sick. and i, who profess no fear of death, am scared of loss and shame. what can i do to save this soul – where lies the fault and blame? he looks at me … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal mysticism, belonging, cat, cat eyes, cat vomit, eco-spirituality, faith, fear of death, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, loss, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, shame, sick cat, spiritual lessons, spirituality, sumi-e
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Contemplatives
i jump out of bed. under my foot is a dead lizard…. it was not my foot fall that took this life, though had he been alive it surely would have. he was the gift of an unhappy cat – … Continue reading
Posted in God's dog, The Now
Tagged chihuahua mix, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, gratitude, ink brush painting, interspirituality, love, mysticism, nature, papillion mix, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, sweet gum tree
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waiting and freedom
three crates under a blanket in the cold.. in the crates are the cats that were caught in the traps to remove their fertility in exchange for their freedom. Wild predators masquerading as common pets – reminding me that not … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat, cat poetry, cat rescue, cats, crates, feral cat colonies, feral cats, foster cats, Humane Society, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, poetry, service as practice, spay, spay neuter release, SPCA, sumi-e, TNR, trap. neuter. release
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wake up
the dawn is barely broken the horizon is not yet pink a soft gray envelopes the world still chilled from the cold stars, and there You are chirping away. What are You doing up so early? What are you doing … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bird, birds, cardinal, dawn, early morning, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, enlightenment, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, seeking enlightenment, spirituality, sumi-e, theology
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peering
today at the table was much joy and much sorrow. and peering over the edge of the table is You! reminding me that under it all is Hope.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, blessings, faith, friendship, full house, guests, hope, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, toy dogs, zen
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