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Tag Archives: bird
Heroes
The hero rescues the cardinal, and my heart at the same time. we all need daily salvations, more than we need near death experiences!
Rainstorm
May your nest be warm and dry, and may all storms pass over quickly.
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird, birds, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, home, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, nest, poetry, protection, rainstorms, shamanism, spirituality, storms, sumi-e
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sight and sound
an owl woke me up. i dashed outside to see her – but all i heard was a woodpecker having breakfast and i couldn’t see either of them, for the trees have burst forth blessings. oh breathe of life!
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged animals, art, bird, birds, blessings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, love, mystic shamanism, nature, owl, poetry, spirituality, Spring, sumi-e, trees, universal shamanism, woodpecker
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watch where you are going!
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, bird, birds, crows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, looking up, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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swoop
driving. full of anticipations and distractions. SWOOP Peace eagle saves the day – I am focused and alert!
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, bird, birds, driving, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, nature, peace eagle, poetry, road trips, SBNR, shamanism, spirituality, traveling, turkey vulture, zen
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dinner conversation
I take my picnic to the forest. i hear a familiar tap tap tap. “Hello!,” i say. Suddenly the syncopated rhythm stops. “It’s always so awkward when strangers talk to you from a different table in the restaurant.” but how … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, bird, birds, blessings, conversations, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, forests, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, meeting new friends, nature, poetry, restaurants, spirituality, sumi-e, woodlands, woodpeckers
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Cardinal callings
i have been called – called out and called to – and it is time to take flight
Posted in Cardinal Rules, Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, bird, bird watching, birds, calling, cardinals, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, female cardinals, flight, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, women's ordination
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eggs and baskets
all day i painted enzo circles of emptiness filled with possibilities and potentials. but none were as real as the ones that surrounds us. High in a tree, on a low bough the emptiness awaits fullness. What do you feather … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, bird, birds, birds nest, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, emptiness practice, enzo, feather your nest, ink brush meditation, inner-spirituality, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, love, mindfulness practice, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Who Hoo?
i hear You two. Can you not hear each other? do you not know we are One?
New Garden Gloves
Although it is common to say: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush — i am not so sure. For it is also common to say: you will kill two birds with one stone. How much … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, bird, bird in the hand, birds, collage, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, proverbs, spirituality, sumi-e, two birds in the bush
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