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Category Archives: The Now
hiding or hunting
tablecloths and counterpanes: one you place a spread upon and sit down to a feast, the other you climb under to hide from a scary beast! but what is here? oh can it be? a scary beast has come to … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, humor, love, poetic humor, poetry, shamanism, sumi-e
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Doves of Peace
oh, enough with all this relationships stuff, can’t we just be, two birds on a wire?
Posted in The Now, Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird, birds, birds on a wire, blessings, cat, cats, communication, doves, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, in the moment, ink brush meditiation, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, presence, spirituality, sumi-e, tao
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Stop, Look and Listen
WHAT?! it took me a moment, but there You were, listening to me and looking for me. i need to remember to stop like this more often.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, persian mix, poetry, rescue cat, spirituality, sumi-e
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my father’s chair
there is a poodle in my father’s chair taking comfort there.. a Springfield song runs thru my head as tears stream down my face. and i too find comfort there.
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, comfort, dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grief, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, My Father's Chair, nature, over stuffed chair, poetry, poodles, Rick Springfield, solace, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e
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Cat Spat
Dude! Chill!
Dinner!
No monastic cell for solitary respite, A dorm room, in vacant student housing… No species other than mine own… I smile and keep walking, released from my loud quiet into the evening. Searching, now stunned, not a bird do I … Continue reading
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Remembering
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, grief, human with cat in chair, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, loss, love, mourning, spirituality, sumi-e, wisdom of grief
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Teachers
Listen to your teachers. whether they have two feet or four.
Tour?
Rev. Marjorie Ann Stanko, https://www.facebook.com/Rev.MargieAnn, asked me to be part of a writer’s blog tour. Please check out her post. I was supposed to invited/to have three other blog posters to link too as part of this…..but as I am … Continue reading
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Tagged begging bowl, blog posting, blog tour, blogging, dog with bowl, dog with empty bowl, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, spiritual practice, spirituality, sumi-e, writer's tour, writing, writing poetry
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