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Tag Archives: cardinals
Color
a flash of the most brilliant red, startled me awake – flitting from the bay laurel into the sweet gum, from the sweet gum into the oak flashes of red streamed into my head – promising blessings with every streak. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, birds, black and white, cardinals, daily meditation practice, daily pages, daily painting, eco-spirituality, florida, interspirituality, journaling, mysticism, nature, painting, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Conclave
the conclave gathered, no cardinals were in attendance – (no bishops either ) only birds of a feather on a lawn together….. attending to the business at hand. . the other name for the turkey vulture is a peace eagle. … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird watching, birding, bishop, cardinals, eagles, eco-mysticism, interspecies spirituality, love, mysticism, nature, pace, pax, peace, poetry, sacred community, spirituality, sumi-e, turkey vultures
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petals
the cherry blossoms have fallen leaving naked sepal and calyx, tiny stars in the daylight; pale pink petals flutter to the ground. yet life is still blooming! pale pink feathers fluff in the corners of the tree, as the cardinals renew … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, birds, calyx, cardinals, cherry blossoms, cycle of life, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, fledglings, grief recovery, grieving, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, juvenile cardinals, mated pair, mourning, nature, poetry, sepal, sumi-e, vows
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hiding
A cardinal landed in the bottle brush tree. Its bright red flowers, like exuberant daytime fireworks announced Your arrival. you may think you are well hidden because you have chosen your camouflage with care. But no One is fooled. The … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, bird watching, birds, bottle brush tree, camouflage, cardinals, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, masks, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, Spring, sumi-e
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come sing a song with me…
they say that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but what if there are two in the bush, right in front of you – knee high? oh nothing is worth more than a duet of … Continue reading
Did you hear the fall?
speak words of Love, gently, to all beings.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bird, birds, birds squabbling, brush painting, cardinals, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, female cardinals, first principle project, forest for the trees, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, male cardinals, meditation, mysticism, nature, nature as a guide, poetry, sacred listening, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e
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Focus
above my head a cardinal called. i looked up, but saw a hawk instead. the hawk was watching a cat in the grass. I screamed my prayer of safety. Everybody flew away from me. prayers get answered in the strangest … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged answered prayers, bird watching, cardinals, cats, hawks, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, interfaith, outdoor cats, pray, prayers, predatory cats, prey, salvation, SBNR, spirituality, sumi-e
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flight paths
overhead the sky fills with hawks i look up as the wings fill the sky taking my breath away with the possibilities of flight. Then, as i sit behind the fence, feeling both secure and trapped, a cardinal flies thru … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, cardinals, chain link fences, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, flight, freedom, hawks, interspecies spirituality, mysticism, nature, poetry, sacred journeys, sumi-e
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