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Tag Archives: nature
Snake
The island I called home has no snakes, so no one need ever drive them away Here there are snakes in the grass and in the trees, and no one need chase them out
Posted in Poems
Tagged animals, blessings, Christianity, eco-spirituality, faith, Indigenous Religion, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interfaith, Island home, nature, reptiles, snakes, spirituality, tao, tolerance, zen
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swallowed
A giant pelican flew over me today I thought he might swallow me up. Perhaps he did.
Posted in The Now
Tagged beach, bird, birds, Christianity, flight, florida, fly, freedom, ink brush meditiation, jonah and the whale, meditation, nature, pelican, pelicans, spirituality, tao, theology, zen
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Chained
Posted in Blessings
Tagged backyard dog, black dog, chained, dog, freedom, gratitude, labrador, liberation, nature, rescue, rescue dog, rescued, salvation, spirituality, tao, tied out, zen
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duality
Somedays I am both sides of the argument but I forget the question, And I loose my stick in the woods.
Posted in zen dog
Tagged dog, German Sheperd, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, lost, love, nature, spirituality, stick, tao, woods, zen
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Butterfly Path
Beauty is before me. A butterfly on the path sips her salted sip. She feasts on the earth. and flies onward. How can I not follow her example?
Posted in Poems
Tagged beauty, blessings, butterflies, butterfly, earth, eco-spirituality, ecology, gratitude, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, nature, path, spirituality, sumi-e, swallowtail butterfly, tao, wisdom
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Swim Sister
Manati, You were four legged before you were finned – I was too, before I had feet. Your name means breast – you have my heart. Your song came to me from clear blue spring and ancient bone. Sister! We … Continue reading
Posted in Statements of Faith, The Now
Tagged Blue Springs, eco-spirituality, evolution, florida, hope, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, love, manatee, manatees, nature, sea cows, spirituality, wisdom
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Is the sky falling…
The snake in the grass is dead. Did she fall from the sky? or come up from hibernating too soon? A lost dinner or lost time? Either way, we must do all we can to honor the living and eat.
Posted in The Now
Tagged birds, birds of prey, climate change, hibernation, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interspirituality, nature, sky, snakes, spirituality, tao
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Nests
Crow of the Sea take your shiny objects and suture me up. Let me reflect the light of darkness.
Posted in Poems
Tagged birds, blessings, crow's nest, crows, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspirituality, nature, prayer, sea, spirituality, tall ships
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Zen Dog
Oh Zen Dog! with you I have no need of bamboo – all I need is You! Who?
Posted in The Now, zen dog
Tagged Buddhism, dog, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, love, meditation, nature, spirituality, theology, zen, zen dog
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Working Dog
Posted in The Now
Tagged aacr, aat, animal assisted crisis response, career, detection dogs, dog, gratitude, heart, ink brush meditiation, job, love, nature, spirituality, support, sustainability, thanks, wisdom, working dog
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