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Tag Archives: florida
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
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Hope
Finally, sand bags were filled, Stacked up like little sentries, ready to lay down to protect home and hearth… But what protects hope? I don’t know, Perhaps it is up to all of us… Today hope hopped all over the … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, blessings, brush painting, compassion, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ecology, Elizabeth Teal., florida, hope, hurricanes, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, mindfulness, nature, nature is my religion, poetry, sand bags, SBNR, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, theology, tree frogs
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light
sun rise or sun set? flying to the light, or aways from it? i watch the birds and long to simply sit in it. visions of highwaymen, and flora and fauna, of a childhood of flip flops and sunburns – … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged birds, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, florida, florida birds, highwaymen, ink brush painting, inspiration, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, sunrise, sunset, water color painting
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An Anole on a Bowl
Making dinner, reaching for what i needed – in kitchen and heart – yet not paying attention to either – suddenly, there, in my hand was an anole on a bowl! holding onto the tilted rim, frozen in surprise and … Continue reading
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Tagged anole, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., florida, food for the soul, freeze, ink brush painting, kitchen, lizard in my kitchen, making dinner, mindful meditation, mindfulness practice, Ministry of Animals, poetry, reptile, spirituality, sumi-e, supper
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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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roost
i did not see You anywhere – compassion seems to have fled given way to corruption instead… i sit outside to meditate as i mediate the emotions of my head.. look up , says the voice within – and there … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged birds, birdwatching, cranes, depression, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, florida, hope, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, long leaf pines, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, pace, painting, pine needles, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, white feathers
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safe
they say the storm is over, and the sun is out…. but together, once again, in our box we feel safe. maybe tomorrow we will venture out… with a little help from You.
Posted in The Now
Tagged aftermath, baby steps, cats in boxes, faith, feral cats, florida, hope, Hurricane, prayer, security, shock, Storm, sunshine
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to infinity
the flamingos stood in the shade carving the truth with their necks – upright, upside-down… and then those moments when we stand in infinity…. if ever so briefly before… “why are they called pink when they are orange?” we are … Continue reading
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Tagged eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, eternity, florida, infinity, ink brush painting, interspirituality, nature, pink flamingos, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, water birds, wisdom
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