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Tag Archives: ink
French doors
i want to come out! i want to go in! like breathing, the rhythm continues— . the light of Love shines through many windows and into every heart….. our job? to pull back the drapes and open the door!
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, cat, cats in doors, cycles, dog, dogs in doors, doors, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, God, ink, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mystic, mysticism, poetry, poodle, rhythm of life, spirituality, sumi-e, sumie, tabby, Unitarian Univesalism, unity, wondows
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stop
i stop to smell the roses, and then i notice the ants are still busy. . then it seemed to me, the bloom was longing for the rosehip – a former friend, now transformed and full of seed… . does … Continue reading
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Tagged ants, artist, butterfly, caterpillar, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., garden, ink, interspecies spirituality, meditation, mystic, mysticism, nature, painting, poetry, rosehips, roses, spirituality, sumi-e, universalism
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treed
look up. there. in the tree! how high is She? will she be able to get down to the ground? wait- who is there? how did You get on the other side of the fence? what do you mean, i … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, cat, cat in tree, daily life, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, hole in fence, ink, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, life with pets, love, mysticism, nature, pace, painting, pax, poetry, spirituality, toy dog
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observations
today was all about practicing and observing…. and putting into practice what i have observed that serves Love. What was Your day like?
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Tagged amo, birds, blessings, bunnies, cats, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink, ink brush painting, interfaith, joy, love, nature, pace, practice, rabbits, small birds, spirituality, sumi-e, three singing birds
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Better Angels
We all have Angels watching over us, sometimes they are inside us! Listen to the purr. sumi-e ink, rice paper, gravestone rubbing
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Tagged angels, art, cat, cats, deep listening, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, enzo, gravestone rubbing, ink, ink brush meditation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mysticism, nature, oval, poetry, purr, spirituality, sumi-e
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traveling
one never knows where one’s travels may take them – into the past or off into the future – but here here here You are, and yet i still miss you. gravestone rubbing, ink and rice paper
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Tagged art experiments, cats, collage, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, gravestone rubbing, ink, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, longing, love, meditation, mindefulness, mourning, mysticism, nature, pace, peace, poetry, rest in peace, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby cat
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Weathering the Storm
the fluffy butt came over to visit the poodle butt, and both became wiggle butts – while those that sit on their’s, sipped tea… . Let others rage against the storm, friendship has the stronger winds and the safer harbors.
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Tagged art, art as meditation, aussies, Australian shepherd, dog friends, dog portrait, drawing, friendship, hurricanes, ink, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, love, meditation, nature, play date, playtime, poodles, safe harbors, spirituality, Storm, sumi-e, tea
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Rain
i look out the window to see two bundles of fur curled up tight. the rain pour down, and promised to do so for days yet there they slept, under the eaves quietly purring. a lesson on weathering a storm … Continue reading
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