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Tag Archives: solstice
Traveling
On the road, Sitting in traffic Behind a trailer Containing a small Florida cracker steer standing, gazing about, alert and relaxed… We seemed to catch each other’s eye… Where are you going this solstice night? He moved aside, Revealing a … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, blessings, donkey, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., Florida Cracker Cattle, full moon, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, living crèche, Liz Teal, love, manger, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, solstice, spirituality, sumi-e, traffic, travel trailer, Yule
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And the crèche said Moo
The first cow in the nativity Was an ox, in 1223, In a cave. In Italy. Today She was in a field in Florida… But the message is still the same, Live simply, Live humbly, Love wholeheartedly, All of creation.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, Christmas, cow, creche, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, first nativity, humility, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, ox, poetry, poverty, Reverend Elizabeth Teal, simplicity, solstice, spirituality, St. Francis, sumi-e
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support
I have been asked in the past, do i sell my work? In the beginning, i simply crumpled and burned my meditations – but it has been pointed out to me that while that is fine for a private practice, … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitudes, The Now
Tagged bunny, christmas tree, donations, evergreen, for sale, framed picture, rabbit, solstice, support, watercolor, Yule
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Darkest Night
it is the darkest night or the longest day – depending on where on the globe you stay… long ago, just me and You sat by a fire too.
Posted in God's dog
Tagged ancient religion, campfires, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, first dogs, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, poodle, solstice, spirituality, sumi-e, summer solstice, toy dog, winter solstice, yule logs
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path of the sun
“On the longest day of the year the sun stays high in the sky, shining her sunny beams and baking the ground beneath. Time seams to stop. So much is happening with this moment in eternity, on this day of … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged Baptisms, cat on driveway, cat poetry, hot outside, ink painting, middle way, mysticism, poetry, poetry with cats, solstice, sumi-e, tao
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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.
Solstice
Midsummer’s Night – who’s to say who’s the Faery Queen? who are you to judge a Dream? Let us give thanks for long days, and short Knights, and magical beings seen and unseen.
Posted in The Now, Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird, birds, blessings, cockatoo, contented cockatoo, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faery faith, fairy traditions, gratitude, interspecies spirituality, love, midsummer, nature, poetry, rescue cockatoo, shamanism, solstice, spirituality, sumi-e, summer solstice, the fey
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Comfort and trust
at the edges of bed and blanket, of wake and sleep, curls a poodle, between light and dark, night and day, the sun will come up, we should go play! longest day or longest night, we should all live in … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, blessings, dreams, Earth centered spirituality, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, Paganism, poetry, poodle, solstice, spirituality, standard poodles, sumi-e, summer solstice
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Puddles and Polliwogs
I change in a puddle, I grow. On this longest day, I am aware of the sun and the shade and I am aware of my puddle evaporating. I am so grateful for … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitudes, Poems, Quandaries
Tagged evolution, gratitude, longest day, nature, polliwogs, solstice, survival, tadpoles, thanks, transformation
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