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Tag Archives: nature
life, liberty and the pursuit
i wanted to paint a picture of a mama duck with 20 ducklings, because they made me feel so squee! but 20 – oh mama – really? then a human came to help them across the road. i can get … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged bald eagles, bird, birds, blessings, ducks, eagles, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, fly, freedom, gratitude, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, juvenile bald eagle, mama duck, nature, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, surprises
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cicadia rhythms
Quick! Come look! A magical bug! ah! you are transparent and iridescent – as if You are both transcendence and eminence reminding us of the many layers we outgrow, the many shells we shed til we can fly – reminding … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, blessings, bugs, change, cicadas, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grief, growth, insects, interspecies spirituality, iridescent, love, nature, poetry, recovery, releasing the past, spirituality, sumi-e, transcendence, transformation
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jumping
the day just wouldn’t seem to start. neither would the car – but with the kindness of strangers – and some wisdom from a crow – we all jumped and away the day flew.
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, bird, birds, blessings, crow, crows, dead batteries, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, jumping your car, kindness of strangers, love, nature, poetry, shamanism, slow start, spirituality, sumi-e
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rest in peace
somedays you drive down the road, and you don’t see what is there. somedays you drive down the road, and you don’t want to see what is there. and somedays you can’t believe what you see. none of this changes … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird, birds, dead raptor, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, hit and run, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, roadkill, spirituality, sumi-e
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guests
unexpected guests sometimes swoop in, and just as quickly fly on their way! bringing surprise and renewed joy . all are welcome.
fly tri haiku
Nature decorates. stripes on wings are funny things – do they help you fly? why simplicity? Nature’s raiments are complex – We too are gilded. beauty fly your world! think not of austerity but abundant be.
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged blessings, butterflies, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, haiku, ink brush painting, nature, poetry, sumi-e
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So sew?
In the folds are possibilities, potentials, and raiments! but you can not claw them out! we must choose a pattern, cut it out and then sew sew!
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, cat, cat on the cutting table, cats, cats and sewing, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, sewing with cats, spirituality, sumi-e
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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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Life is a picnic
some of us eat out of doors some of us eat out of bowls but grace fills them all.
Posted in The Now
Tagged blessings, bowls, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grace, interspecies spirituality, lop earred bunny, lop ears, love, nature, rabbits, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, wisdom, zen
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