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Tag Archives: amphibians
frog in rain
the rain is now a drizzle, and i feel like i am under siege from a thousand tiny vampires – i say my prayers and in that space of grace, . a toad eats a mosquito. . i wonder… is … Continue reading
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Tagged amphibians, animal assisted chaplaincy, art journal, blood relatives, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush illustration, ink brush painting, journaling, love, mosquitoes, mosquitos, mysticism, nature, poetry, prayers, spirituality, tao, toads, watercolor, watercolor painting, zen
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Life and death
before me on the table is a vase of dead flowers, i ponder them, there life gone, their color too – i ponder them and think of You… i take take them out – stems wet and soggy – and … Continue reading
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Tagged amphibians, baby frogs, brush painting, contemplation, contemplative practice, dead flowers, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, frogs, Good Friday, grief, ink, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, life, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, possibilities, resurrection, sadness, spirituality, vase, water color
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Spring
i walk down the path after the rain, the lilies happily drooping and dripping with the gift from the heavens – people focus on Springtime’s flowers – when much of the joy is from the showers! laud the blooms, but … Continue reading
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Tagged amphibians, animal assisted chaplaincy, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, frogs, fun spring poetry, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lilies, nature, Poems, poetry, positivitie, raining, rainstorms, sacred employment, seasons, spirituality, springtime, sumi-e, work
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Fears
Though it may seem like I arrived with the rain, I will jump out in the sun! I am not a plague in a puddle. I am a polliwog.
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Tagged amphibians, animals, changes, climate, frogs, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspirituality, nature, plagues, polliwogs, rain, spirituality, sun, tadpoles, transitions, weather
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