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Tag Archives: frogs
JUMP!
into my path a flash of green jumps high, from someplace unseen. tangible messengers should never be underestimated. Let Joy surprise you. LISTEN. JUMP!
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal guides, animal messengers, art, blessings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, frogs, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, joy, love, nature, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, tree frogs
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Symphony
the sun has set and the concert begins- the stage is empty, the air is full! frog and toad – crickets and hoppers – so loud i can barely think, the light spills from the french doors of the house … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings
Tagged art, black cat, blessings, cat, crickets, darkness, dog in the darness, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, frog croaking, frogs, grasshoppers, insect sounds, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, night music, nighttime, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, toads
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sitting on a blade of grass
you? you are way too small to make all that noise! Speak for yourself.
Terror on the highway
You can cling to survive. Today, as I parked my car and went to open the other door, a small scared friend scrabbled out of the door handle’s well. Traveling the super-highways of life, or just I-95 we sometimes cling … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings
Tagged art, blessings, bravery, eco-spirituality, freedom, frogs, highways, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, poetry, salvation, spirituality, sumi-e, tiny frog, tree frogs
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Perspectives from the porch.
Today I was rescued from a milk jug. actually – I was living in a milk jug – but you needed it for water, and so I was evicted from my home. and yet I still find myself at home. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, blessings, eco-spirituality, frogs, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mysticism, nature, rescue, rescued, salvation, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, tree frogs, zen
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choir
The rain has stopped and all the frogs are singing songs of love. The chorus astounds us with sound. Love is in the air. A soloist enters our home – What would it be like if we all sang songs … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Poems
Tagged animals, choir, chorus, eco-spirituality, faith, frogs, Hinduism, hope, hymns, ink brush meditiation, interfaith, interspirituality, Islam, Judaism, love, love is in the air, nature, poetry, songs, songs of praise, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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Fears
Though it may seem like I arrived with the rain, I will jump out in the sun! I am not a plague in a puddle. I am a polliwog.
Posted in The Now
Tagged amphibians, animals, changes, climate, frogs, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspirituality, nature, plagues, polliwogs, rain, spirituality, sun, tadpoles, transitions, weather
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Home.
This morning I called out to you – I’m home! but all I heard was croaking. and then I saw you, and knew I was Home.
Posted in The Now
Tagged frogs, home, homecoming, ink brush meditiation, nature, spirituality
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I froget
I froget, But I am reminded. I am grateful for small green frogs who remind me. We all transform over time.
Posted in Gratitudes, Poems
Tagged brush painting, forgetfulness, forgetting, frogs, gratitude, transforming
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