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Tag Archives: growing up
Gifts
A childhood you Long since abandoned… Lost to corners or perhaps under a sofa…. Who keeps score or house? A tiny paw pries open the past.. The memories flood … from out of who knows where, A tiny paw captures … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, brush painting, cat paw, cats, childhood, Elizabeth Teal., freedom, gratitude, growing up, love, meditation, parenting, poetry, Pokémon, pokeball, spirituality, sumi-e, toys
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Ugly?
please stop telling the story of the ugly duckling the way you do. some of us are ducks. not swans. i know you think it is not the point of the story. but all ducks are not the same. some … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, beauty, bird on a wire, growing up, muscovy duck, mysticism, painting on fabric, poetry, possibilities, spirituality, storytelling, sumi-e, swan, ugly duckling
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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
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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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Lost & Found
i remember a puppy, and when i look at you i still see the puppy that meant so much to me… but here and now not lost but found – is You!
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, dog, growing up, interspecies spirituality, motherhood, puppies, raising children, raising puppies, spirituality, sumi-e
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At the vet’s
it was small old dog day this morning at the veterinarian’s offices. the boy is no longer a boy; the puppy is no longer a puppy. one is a young man, the other, having walked approximately the same turns of … Continue reading
Posted in Dao Dogs, Elders, zen dog
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, dachshund mix, dog, dog held in arms, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, grace, gratitude, growing old, growing up, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, old dogs, poetry, spirituality, transitions, young men
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up & down
one ear up and one ear down Some days I want to grow up, other days I just grow, whether I want to or not.
Posted in Quandaries, The Now
Tagged chihuahua, dog, growing up, growth, heart, hope, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, puppy, spirituality, tao, zen
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