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Tag Archives: equality
tabled
today i have been teaching the littlest canine the word ‘down’ she of course knows how to lie down, she does it all the time… she simply doesn’t know the English word for it … and why should she? just … Continue reading
Ladies
so i saw two ladybugs on a leaf – making more ladybugs, i presumed… one flew away, and one lady stayed. sometimes a name gives an indication of gender. but it doesn’t always – and it doesn’t matter. What matters … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, equality, gender identity, gender neutral names, ink brush painting, insects, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lady bugs, ladybugs, LGBTI, love, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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high chairs
high chairs for toddlers become small chairs for teens. the grown up understands that no chair is really higher than the other as long as they all reach the common table. and in between they are purrfect perches for memories … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged aging, calico cat, cat, cats, compassion, equality, equity, gratitude, growing up, high chairs, ink brush painting, poetry, purring, rescue cat, sumi-e, teens, toddlers
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Beauty
at the beauty shop today, in a place where most residents walk on wheels – a poodle was invited in. “We have the same hairdo!” We are all so much more alike than we are different. Let us see each … Continue reading
Field of Dreams
in the field of dreams, the dog is inside, the rain has stopped and the grass is sweet. in the field of dreams the cage door is opened and i can run safe as well as free. in the field … Continue reading
Posted in Bunny Blessings & Rabbit Roamings
Tagged bunnies, cage door, dogs, dreams, endless possibilities, equality, field of dreams, freedom, hopes, open doors, rabbits, safety, salvation, spirituality, Spring
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Soaring
the moon is above the horizon in the west the sun is above the horizon in the east meeting each other as equals neither rising nor setting. the sky fills with hawks soaring in spirals neither rising or falling – … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged earth based spirituality, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, equality, faith, fly, hawks, interspirituality, moon set, nature is my religion, poetry, raptors, ride the thermals, Shine your LIght, soar, spirituality, sumi-e, sunrise, the moon in the daylight
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common cloth
calico on silk and angora we are piecework and all knit together. whatever the fiber – we are all made from common cloth
Posted in The Now
Tagged calico cats, cat, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, equality, knitting, patchwork, poetry, spiritual equality, sumi-e, web of life, yarn
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Dance!
the squirrels spiral around the tree. up & down no judgement found. dance a spiral dance!
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