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Tag Archives: SNR
Power Breakfast
The big cat came to breakfast, uninvited. entitled? but He didn’t throw his weight around – Startled, the kitten started to puff – but He bent down and touched her nose with his. and She began to purr. Then they … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, breakfast, Co creators, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, equalty, feral cats, ink brush painting, mystic poetry, mystism, poetry, power, shared power, SNR, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby cats, tiger cats, TNSR
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Stray Thoughts
i find myself sitting alone, longing for You. Suddenly, without warning – my lap is no longer empty. together we sit, looking in the same direction…. who can say what each of us longs for? touch of some kind, or … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, blessings, community, eco-chaplaincy, feral cat, God, I AM, ink brush painting, interspirituality, loneliness, love, meditations, mysticism, poetry, ponderings, SNR, spiritual poetry, sumi-e
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freedom
i see you under the bush, hiding…scared, gently, i step back and i watch You step out into the sunlight – i see the cost of your freedom. at some point all of us have been trapped – may it … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged cat, cats, ear tipping, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, feral cats, freedom, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, poetry, SNR, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby, tabby cat, TNR, TNSR, trap. neuter. release
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Peace and Good
The kitten sits. and so do i. watching. listening. learning. Pace e Bene
Posted in Statements of Faith
Tagged ania, animal assisted chaplaincy, cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, education, faith, feral kittens, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kitten, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, pace e bene, poetry, SNR, spirituality, sumi-e, Tabby kitten, zazen
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road work
they are going to be tearing up the road in front of my house, the work is expected to last a year or so the flyer that was in my mailbox tells me. little orange flags prance along the path … Continue reading
Posted in Tao Cats
Tagged bamboo, change, construction, eco-chaplaincy, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, feral cats, feral kittens, gardening, ink brush painting, nature, poetry, SNR, spirituality, sumi-e, Tabby kitten, TSNR
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Three
three little inkspots cavort on my lawn… which is really just a field that has been mowed, no grass seed had been sown here – but it is fertile land. kittens spring up overnight – and scatter at my sight. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged cat poetry, compassion, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, feral cats, feral kittens, have-a-heart traps, humane education, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, kittens, lawns, nature, poetry, SNR, spay neuter release, spirituality, sumi-e, TSNR
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Windows of opportunity
One is never out of ink, nor paper. Nor thoughts, Nor purrs. Window stays still, Scene moves. Looking in windows, Each one a new scene. Tipped ears Listening from other windows and under bushes. The universe before me is truly … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged abundance, adopted cat, ally cat, black cats, feral cat colonies, SNR, spay neuter release, TNR, travel, windows of opportunity
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