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confused and scared
sometimes, we are all confused and scared. we must learn to trust. we must teach resilience to remember.
Posted in Dao Dogs, zen dog
Tagged confusion, dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, fear, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, learn to trust, love, nature, pit bull mix, pit bulls, poetry, resilience, spirituality, sumi-e, trust
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rain
somedays…. it rains out of both doors! come inside, and be dry – we can watch the flowers grow!
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged art, black cat, cat, cat in the rain, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, rainy days, spirituality, sumi-e, wet cat
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Solstice
Midsummer’s Night – who’s to say who’s the Faery Queen? who are you to judge a Dream? Let us give thanks for long days, and short Knights, and magical beings seen and unseen.
Posted in The Now, Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird, birds, blessings, cockatoo, contented cockatoo, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faery faith, fairy traditions, gratitude, interspecies spirituality, love, midsummer, nature, poetry, rescue cockatoo, shamanism, solstice, spirituality, sumi-e, summer solstice, the fey
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under the weather
under the weather? my advise – look outside, take a breathe, find a lap, take a nap…. it will be all ok.
Posted in Tao Cats, The Now
Tagged animals, art, blessings, calico cats, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, interspecies spirituality, love, naps, nature, poetry, sick days, spirituality, sumi-e
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Cardinal in the tree, blessing all she sees.
the other day, you were in my studio, and just needed to find the door – this morning i was in your studio, and you showed me the light.
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, blessings, cardinals, cardinals hiding in the trees, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, female cardinals, found, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, lost, love, nature, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e
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Listen to Crow
the crow in the dead tree yells at me. Things are looking up, if you will only look up! so i do! and i see You!
Posted in The Now, Winged wisdoms
Tagged American crow, animals, art, blessings, crow, dead trees, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, mystic shamanism, nature, poetry, shamanic journey, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, universal shamanism, zen
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each day….
play together, eat together, sleep together, dream together, grow.
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, blessings, cat, cat enzo, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, gratitude, interspecies spirituality, kittens, litter of kittens, love, nature, personal growth, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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grazing
i stopped and and gazed. and i painted a Paint. Drink deep from the well of life, there is something to be said for grazing…
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grazing, hoofed wisdom, horse, horse sense, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, meditation, nature, Paint Horses, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, zen
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tale chasing
i am happy to chase my own tail. what would you do if you caught it? Why let is go, of course! what would you do if you caught your own tale?
Posted in Blessings, Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, blessings, cat, cat chasing brush, cat chasing her tail, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, paintbrush, poetry, self discovery, shamanism, spirituality, storytelling, sumi-e, tail chasing, tao, wisdom, zen
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