-
Recent Posts
Ministry of Animals
Archives
- July 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- April 2012
- February 2012
- September 2011
- August 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
Categories
- Animal assisted therapy
- animal facilitated chaplaincy
- Blessings
- bugs
- Bunny Blessings & Rabbit Roamings
- Bunny Love
- Cardinal Rules
- Ceremonies
- Dao Dogs
- Elders
- God's dog
- Gratitudes
- grief
- joy
- loss
- mourning
- Mythic Stories
- pet loss
- Poems
- positive poodle
- Quandaries
- Statements of Faith
- Tao Cats
- The Now
- therapy dog
- True Stories
- Winged wisdoms
- zen dog
Meta
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets
Tag Archives: chickens
Birds and Angels
She spoke of love for chickens long gone, for cranes that called loudly in the deep of night, for emus with their deep green eggs, For the tiniest of birds singing in trees, She spoke with love. . When you … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged angels, animal assisted chaplaincy, birders, birds, brush painting, chickens, cranes, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, finches, Liz Teal, love, meditation, nature, pets, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
Leave a comment
Neighborhood Watch
Three musketeers, Masquerading as roosters Stood on the corner Doing more gossiping that watching.
Posted in The Now
Tagged chickens, gossip, humor, loose chickens, nature, neighborhood watch, poetry, roosters, security, spirituality, sumi-e
Leave a comment
a boy’s club
Across the street the rejected roosters strut, all together on the grass none of them fighting. all getting along without violence. see peace is possible. perhaps it is us who have forgotten to see it.
Posted in The Now, Winged wisdoms
Tagged backyard chickens, chickens, chops, fighting, florida, ink, ink drawing, inspiration, life, male dominance, observations, peacae, poem, poetry, power, power of positive thinking, relationships, roosters, stamps, sumi-e, truth, wild chickens
Leave a comment
Puffed up
oh it is a poodle bird!!! a ball of fluff and cuddle stuff! Don’t be silly, i am not a poodle bird – i am far more evolutionary! i am a modern dinosaur and i have come to steal your … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird love, blue silkies, chickens, chickens as pets, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, ethical eating, pet birds, poodles, SBNR, silkie chicken, silkies, spirituality, sumi-e
Leave a comment
Wisdom
the owl swooped across the road and sat on the wire as if she had never moved. Unruffled wisdom Requires occasionally crossing the street. does that answer your question? or was that only for the chicken?
Posted in The Now
Tagged chickens, dusk, meditation, nature, owls, poetry, spiritual inquiry, sumi-e, walking meditation, why did the chicken cross the raod
Leave a comment
road signs
driving down the road, i turn and there in front of me are chickens, not crossing, wandering? i wait patiently until they choose a direction. continuing on my way, doves appear.
upset?
oh dear ol’ rooster, somedays we have much to crow about, somedays, just getting waking up is reason enough – still – look how far we’ve come!
Posted in The Now
Tagged accomplishments, chickens, old roosters, rooster, success, traveling
Leave a comment
Crow
cock-a-doodle-doing. any time is a good time to wake up!
Posted in The Now
Tagged call to action, chickens, crow, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, enlightenment, interspecies spirituality, nature, rooster, wake up
Leave a comment