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Tag Archives: rescue dogs
Home wanted
there She was, surrounded by kids petting Her, a band playing and kettle corn everywhere – She stood welcoming all – listening with open ears – the once soft petals of flesh and fur cut off by a previous cruel … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopt, adoption fair, american staffordshire bull terrier, animal assisted chaplaincy, blessings, brush painting, dog, ear cropping, eco-chaplaincy, fair, faith, festivals, heart, home, home ear cropping, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, pit bull, poetry, rescue dogs, sumi-e
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Today’s Babies
i have many babies they all have eyes and ears and noses. some are borrowed, and will go to homes of their own someday – (even the two legged.) none are owned – all are loved.
Posted in Blessings
Tagged all american mutt, babies, dog sitting, dogs, foser dogs, mixed breed dogs, mother's day, motherhood, parenting, rescue dogs
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truth and hope
we play with open mouths and open hearts! and we are tender with both… (unless you are filled with stuffing instead of love – then, no mercy!)
Posted in The Now
Tagged acceptance, animals, art, dog, dog play, dogs and stuffed toys, dogs at play, eco-chaplaincy, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, open hearts, open minds, rescue dogs, SBNR, spirituality, sumi-e, truth
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sleepovers
remember when you were little and you went on your first sleepover with a whole group of your friends and it was all really exciting and you may have been 5 or you may have been 15 and you played … Continue reading
a hope for forward
a small blue heart given to another to be kept in holding for someone else’s healing. a signal that the world is round and all things are possible. the world IS round, and filled with the furred, feathered and finned. … Continue reading
Butterflies
there are butterflies in my heart, and my stomach. but none yet in the unbloomed flowers of the garden. patience, Spring will come and buds and hearts will open.
Posted in The Now
Tagged amo, butterflies, hope, ink brush painting, love, papillion, paps, patience, poetry, rescue dogs, responsible breeders, spirituality, stamp art, sumi-e
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Bath time
once upon a time a dog that was already not young bit me as i bathed him. he struggled and growled and twisted and turned – the earth turned – days to years and an old dog lays down in … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopt older dogs, aging dog, animals, art, blessings, dog, foster dogs, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, old dogs, old terriers, poetry, rescue dogs, rescue old dogs, spirituality, sumi-e, terrier mix, washing toy dogs
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Friends
the little old man pup can barely see, and so he take refuge under a friend. Step for step they walk thru grass, neither confident of the situation, they follow the path back home. we are likewise blind, though we … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopted dogs, animals, art, blessings, dachshund mix, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, friends, friendship, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, rescue dogs, SBNR, shelter, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e
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accessories
pocket pets don’t live in pockets really, even if they travel that way occasionally. My natural habitat is not a pocketbook – I am not an accessory. but I can be your friend. and i do like staying with you … Continue reading
Posted in zen dog
Tagged accessories, animals, art, chichuahua, dog, dogs, eco-spirituality, handbags, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, nature, pet carriers, pocket pets, rescue dogs, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs
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