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Tag Archives: animals
frenemies
i live with two cats, who by actions and purr seem quite content with me… but toward each other there is no equity, only enmity. awake they hiss, so sleep is bliss! Back to back they nap, one on a … Continue reading
Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, black cat, calico cat, cat fights, cats, caught in the middle, cold war, content, detante, humor, ink brush painting, lessons from cats, mediation, mediator, negotiations, poetic humor, SBNR, spirituality, sumi-e, two cats
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Gifts
no matter what you are doing, you are a gift. and i am so grateful for You! Quietly dreaming on the pillow, still you give such joy! Quietly dreaming on the pillow, still i ponder – no matter what i … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, blessings, contemplative practice, contemplatives, daily meditation practice, deep inquiry, dreaming, gift, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, joy, mindful meditation, papillion cross, papillion mix, Papillions, peace, poetry, presence, sacred dreaming, sleeping puppy, sweet dreams, toy dog, union
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visitors
she arrived in a purr, soft and homeless. white as a cloud (well on a rainy day), filled with fleas and topped with grease – purhaps from a night-time nap in a hubcap….. here is respite and love, for her … Continue reading
family!
“Well, i’m gonna go out on a limb here, and say we’re related.” “Even if i can’t go out on a limb with you, i agree, we are family.”
Posted in The Now
Tagged all my relations, animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, brush painting, cartoon, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, Mammals, mutuality, nature, papillion mix, Papillions, papillon, papillons, poetry, spirituality, squirrel, sumi-e, toy dog, we are all realated
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truth
that is my mother, we have the same name, she said, as she pointed to the wall of her room – following her finger i looked at the pictures taped to the vinyl wallpaper, but i saw no family photographs … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged alzheimers, angel, animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted therapy, animals, art, Christian Mystic, Christmas, creche, dementia, dog, dogs visiting in nursing homes, eco-chaplaincy, family photos, interspecies spirituality, love, pet therapy, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, The meaning of Christmas, watercolor, wheelchair
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OH, possum?
people shreek at me and say i am a giant rat – not that here is anything wrong with that – but i am an opossum – or so you have called me – i have my own secret name, … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, eco-spirituality, love, nature, nature is my religion, opossum, poetry, possum, rats, sacred names, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, vermin, watercolor
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Bravery, Quilts and Hope
Clutching a quilt of pink, purple and red, she sat on the edge of her hospital bed – The Poodle leaned gently against a patchwork rose – as she folded the quilt up to her chin. and unfolded her story. … Continue reading
Flying Pets
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopting pets, animal assisted chaplaincy, animal poetry, animals, apartment pets, art, blessings, cats, dogs, dumbo rats, fancy rats, first pets, love, pet rats, pets for children, poetry, rats, rodents as pets, spirituality, sumi-e
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pulling weeds
weeds the size of trees had grown up between us, the door was almost completely blocked. so they had to go.. weeds were pulled, heavy lopers cut the trucks of the ones too long forgotten. it was hard painful work … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, doorways, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, gardening, green frogs, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mysticism, nature, poetry, relationships, spirit animals, spirituality, sumi-e, totem animals, tree frogs, weeding
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