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Tag Archives: dog
Mis-labeling
Why do we prefer some labels over others? why do we need to find labels before we are open to love! Who would you be if i was a pit mix instead of a border collie cross? could you not … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopted dogs, all-american mixed breed, animals, black and white mixed breed terrier, border collie cross, border collie mix, classism, dog, eco-chaplaincy, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, love, mutts, pit bull mix, pit x border collie, racism, rescue dog, sumi-e, terrier mix
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Dancing
the ball spins. i spin. we spin together! life is a dance!
Posted in therapy dog, zen dog
Tagged dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, life is a dance, love, puppy and ball, puppy play, puppy training, tao, training therapy dogs, zen
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hand knit longing
there in the sofa, cuddled in the hand knit afghan is the giant poodle. in his natural habitat. waiting. I see him there – and for a moment remember the hours and the love i knit into the red wool … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, bereavement, dog, grieving, interspecies spirituality, knitting, longing, loss, love, poetry, poodle looking out window, SBNR, spirituality, standard poodles, sumi-e
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Play pleeeeeezzzzzzz
bounding in bounding on bounding up and down oh pleeze come on and play with me! you can play in your night gown! (i do not care if you are sick – have you ever thought – it is because … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged blessings, colds, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, home sick with dog, interspecies spirituality, nature, poetry, sick in bed, spirituality, sumi-e, the flu
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rainclouds
it is raining – the skies outside are dark so what? let it rain, the bamboo danced! we played indoors today, create your own forecast. fetch fun in your personal sun.
looking up moving forward
oh my look up with love! even if sometimes to move forward you have to move sideways or walk backwards. As long as you look up and see what you love, who you love; as long as you look up … Continue reading
weeding
pulling weeds how high they grow! sorting out, pulling out digging out all the rest – and there it is! a red cedar sapling standing tall (if small) sure of herself. i clear the spanish needles and the potato vines, … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings
Tagged art, cedar, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, gardening, ink brush painting, nature, poetry, purging, red cedar, SBNR, Spiritual ecology, spiritual releasing, spirituality, standard poodles, sumi-e, weeding
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old and new
i go to the vet today to pick up a very very small box: the cremains of a very small dog with a very big heart. a very old dog who i painted far less than the lessons he taught. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged boxer puppy, daily practice, dog, grief, mourning, puppies first time at the vet
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waiting and cool weather
(everywhere i went today, there were dogs in cars. in cars and trucks in traffic – dogs behind windows in parking lots) i want to come with you – i want to be with you – where are you going? … Continue reading
Hearts
heart to heart they met for a moment that neither of them ever forgot. saviors of each others hearts forever.
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