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Tag Archives: sumi-e
Conclave
the conclave gathered, no cardinals were in attendance – (no bishops either ) only birds of a feather on a lawn together….. attending to the business at hand. . the other name for the turkey vulture is a peace eagle. … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird watching, birding, bishop, cardinals, eagles, eco-mysticism, interspecies spirituality, love, mysticism, nature, pace, pax, peace, poetry, sacred community, spirituality, sumi-e, turkey vultures
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Running
scruffy little puppy dog runs across the road. a woman chasing after… My heart leaps. . puppy runs into the grass, leaping. i watch. and wonder…. was he running away from the woman or toward the open field? How often … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, chasing, dog, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, fields, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, little black dog, love, meadows, mysticism, nature, open grass, poetry, puppy, puppy training, spirituality, sumi-e, terrier mix
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seats
a bird with the song of a cat sat outside the window in a tree. Singing loudly to thee and me. . where ever you sit, sing. for some comfort that can bring – in times of sadness and times … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged birdsong, cat's meow, catbirds, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, gratitude, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, modern proverbs, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, the catbirds seat, Thurber, wisdom
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Lapine
Some days all languages seem fictional. . Love doesn’t need words.
Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Bunny Blessings & Rabbit Roamings
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bunnies, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lapine, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, rabbits, rex rabits, spirituality, sumi-e, Watership Down
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small dreams
there are no small dreams. only big beds…… . may your pillow be soft, and your dreams be sweet, and may you wake with possibilities
Posted in The Now
Tagged big beds, black cat, blessings, brush painting, cat naps, dreams, hope, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, mysticism, pace, peace, pillows, possibilities, potential, rice paper, spirituality, sumi-e, wisdom
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petals
the cherry blossoms have fallen leaving naked sepal and calyx, tiny stars in the daylight; pale pink petals flutter to the ground. yet life is still blooming! pale pink feathers fluff in the corners of the tree, as the cardinals renew … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, birds, calyx, cardinals, cherry blossoms, cycle of life, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, fledglings, grief recovery, grieving, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, juvenile cardinals, mated pair, mourning, nature, poetry, sepal, sumi-e, vows
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Meetings
a squirrel ran down a tree and met the cat who was waiting there. i was not close enough to hear their conversation, but i watched them in wonder, and listened anyway.
hopping
just after telling a friend how the little black grasshoppers here are damaging, (growing up to be giant multi-colored garden chopping devastators) i find myself in her shoes in my yard. Neither of us are very good at killing … Continue reading
An Old Salt
i saw an old friend today. He was thinner than i remembered him, but his eyes still glittered with the gold of a true pirate’s treasure, and his song was the purr of the sea. . i saw an old … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged aging, animal assisted chaplaincy, boat cats, cats and boats, cats on boats, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, nature, old cats, poetry, possibilities, salt life, sea life, skipper, spirituality, sumi-e, tabby cats, tiger cats
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Springing
in between the raindrops coming down, kittens are springing up! my meadow is infested with Joy!
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, blessings, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, joy, kittens, love, meadows, spirituality, Spring, spring rains, sumi-e, sweet things
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