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Category Archives: The Now
The new puppy.
Oh new puppy on the street. How you love all you meet! Yin and yang, Hither and yon, I dance ! I jump for joy! I am not broken, just because I leak! Nor am I refundable …….you say you … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, housebreaking, housetraining, love, newly adopted puppy, patience, puppy training, uncondotional love
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Solitude and Sunflowers
I thought I was alone. And then you appeared, but I still did not understand. but when I turned the page and looked closer, I saw You!
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Tagged alone, black cats, faith, feral rescue cat, hope, meditation, Scrabble, solitude, sunflowers
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A man with a cat on his head
A cat stood on a hat on the head of a man. “Bless You, Sister”‘ said the man. “Bless You too/two” I said . The cat just blinked. Who blesses whom? What does it matter. We bless each other. We … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, cat training, faith, interspecies spirituality, man with a cat on his head nyc, sumi-e, tuxedo cat
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new years
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, black cat, blessings, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, gratitude, harvest time, ho'oponopono, holy days, interspecies spirituality, love, Mabon, nature, New Years, poetry, Rosh Hashanah, spirituality, sumi-e
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looking up
when all looks lost, look to Love.
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Tagged art, black cat, cat, cats, depression, despair, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, hope, interspecies spirituality, love, spirituality, tao, zen
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Garden Snake
oh enough about Eden, this is it. Yes, you are here. no, i’m not evil, and this isn’t a tree, its a shrub. Still, this IS Eden. and YES, You are here.
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Tagged blessing from the animals, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Eden, Garden of Eden, garden snake, garter snake, Genesis, monotheism, nature, poetry, Sin, snake, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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cracked
fierce mama chicken, feathers flaming, can you not see the possibilities of the egg?
Stings
The Spanish Needles (Bidens Alba) are covered with white blossoms, and dark needles, and honeybees! Together, they make honey. Separately they both sting. one in fear, the other to grow. Bidden or unbidden – we bloom where we are planted. and if we … Continue reading
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Tagged bee keeping, bidden or unbidden god is present, bidens alba, blessings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, honey, honeybees, nature, poetry, spanish needles, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, weeds, zen
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looking in mirrors
i look into a mirror that held your face, but all that is reflected back is my own. you look into my face and tell me all it mirrors back is You.
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal facilitated chaplaincy, art, black cat, cat, cats, chest of drawers, chippendale dresser, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, grief, love, morning, mourning, mysticism, poetry, reflections, sumi-e, tao, zen
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