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Watching
The tv screen flickers with stories of shame and pain, Of aged politicians and realms long gone, Of expectations and promises… A king and his daughters Speak in prose and verse While two cats, Formerly at odds, Hissing and spitting … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged cat, cats, comfort, community, compassion, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., fear, friendship, future hope, ink brush painting, King Lear, Liz Teal, meditation, poetry, politics, shakespeare, spirituality, sumi-e, television, territorial, verse, wisdom
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Magical Creature
Presto! Pantheroe, I am your prey. Last creature created on the island, What tempest have you brought? Nought but one in a teapot – Oh Hunter of my Heart! purr and presto! Love renewed.
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, black cat, blessings, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, pantera, poetry, salvation, shakespeare, sumi-e, The Tempest
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Un-Assuming
They say to never assume, for it only makes an ass out of You and me. Why would this be a bad thing? For if we were made to bear, we bear all things – holy and rude. So apologize … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal chaplaincy, animals as teachers, art, ass, assume, bear, blessings, Christianity, donkey, donkeys, eco-spirituality, forgiveness, gratitude, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, nature, poetry, shakespeare, spirituality, sumi-e, Taming of the Shrew
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Hunting Curiosity?
The act of hunting is an act of seeking thus we can hunt for knowledge but dare we ever kill our curiosity – we will be lost. Curiosity did not kill the cat. for that was worry, confused as care ( you … Continue reading
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged animals, art, creativity, curiosity killed the cat, eco-spirituality, faith, hunting, ink brush meditiation, inter-species, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, poetry, seeking, shakespeare, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, Unitarian Universalism, zen
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Startling Start
Darling Starling You awoke me with a start! I, like you, am an immigrant here. Startling Starlingyou are much maligned for your part in Shakespeare in the Park – for like me, you too are invasive. Passerine, Let us find … Continue reading
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