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Tag Archives: shelter
Under the sofa
Thunder Lightning Frightening Two enemies who needed shelter found themselves together safe from the coming storm. . We all need to seek shelter when we are scared, Even if others may not understand our fears…. Sometimes the thunder is real, … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, brush painting, cats, dogs, family, friends, ink brush painting, interfaith, lightning, Liz Teal, love, nature, phobias, poetry, refuge, safety, security, shelter, sofas, solidarity, spirituality, sumi-e, thunder, Thunderstorms
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Rescue
She walked the rescue dog,A pit,Around in a circle…Til they both began to rescue each other…That is how we heal the world,One step a time, together.
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Tagged adoptable dogs, art, blessings, healing, hope, love, pit bull, pit bull terrier, pitties, poetry, rescue, salvation, shelter, spirituality, sumi-e, terriers, theology, tikkum olam
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Puppy boy
He was huge! And he just a puppy boy who needs a home… When he was smaller, he had a had one, But he grew, And his home did not… But soon, He will have a new one that hopefully … Continue reading
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Tagged adopt, adoption, animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, dogs, eco-spirituality, Great Dane cross, great dane puppy, growth, interspirituality, nature, poem, poetry, rehomed, shelter, spirituality, sumi-e, watercolors
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Girl Scout lessons
“Make new friends, but keeeep the old, One is silver by the other gold” As songs from my childhood swirl in my head, The lessons of my heart are more dear than the dred…. More important than skills of the … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bearded dragon, blessings, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, evacuation, faith, gratitude, Hurricane Irma, hurricanes, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, multiple species, mysticism, nature, poetry, shelter, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e, tornado warning
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tiny moment
the oak trees are in bloom: tassels of pale green cascade of the ends of twigs festooned with Spanish moss, yellow pollen covering everything. in a tender moment, between the raindrops, i see a tiny lady bug…. climbing up a … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bloom, bloom where you are planted, brush painting, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, flowers, ink brush painting, interspirituality, lady bug, love, nature, oak trees, open, poetry, pollen, rain, shelter, spirituality, sumi-e, tassels, trees in bloom
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a small prayer Full of thanks
for all Your giving and forgiving may we all be thankful. and may too, we be giving and forgiving. and filled with thanksgiving. aho.
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Tagged adoption, aho, animals, dogs and cats, forgiveness, forgiving, giving, ink brush, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kitchen towel, nature, pets, poem, poetry, prayer, rescue, rice paper, shelter, spirituality, sumi-e, thanks, thanksgiving prayer
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running in the rain
the day is short the rain is long come and run under the tree with me. the day may be gray but the light is getting brighter! we can shelter each other while we weather the storm.
wasp & bee
lining the metal shelves of the studio amid the pinecones and glaze pots, the clay bins and pot stilts are kiln posts – (hollow fire brick to rest the shelves on in the kiln-) all heights so as not to … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, home, honey bees, ink brush painting, insects, nature, poetry, radical hospitality, seasonal workers, shelter, spirituality, sumi-e, wasps
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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
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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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