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Gardening in Times of Trouble

A friend of mine went to the local big box home store and was surprised to see a line out the door .. Carts filled with plants and trowels, The beginnings of victory gardens. This gives me hope. As do … Continue reading

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Tillers of the soil

They come Dancing through the meadow Covered with seeds of possibilities, Spanish Needles, beggars ticks, Carolina Geraniums, And all the splurges, Purslane delicacies drape across silky fur, Goose grass also called cleavers And Chickweed And then they dig Deep into … Continue reading

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rescued by friendship

  When Ami Tomodachi, the poodle, was 3-ish, we found each other. in 200…9? (I have never been good with dates…) And he was named extravagantly in a ceremony on the St Mary’s River by a cadre of kids on … Continue reading

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Mothers of Compassion

This is the season of honoring birth and rebirth in the time of darkness, a time to welcome the coming light, to honor the renewal of life, even in moments when it seems all is lost. In a time of … Continue reading

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listening to the Ancestors

It is fall, Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere; a time of harvest and reconnection; a time of glancing at mortality as the seasons change; a time when the veil between the worlds grows thin… Call it Samhain, Halloween or All … Continue reading

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Prayer

I haven’t posted in a while, and i am not always recorded, but this was sent to me last month, and we need it now. It is filled with mis-speaking, and opens with a technical glitch . but please join … Continue reading

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Souls: Who Gets Them….

Because of my ministry with animals and my involvement in animal assisted interventions, very week someone asks me if i think that pets go to heaven… so rather than give glib answers, i decided to delve deeply into the question…. … Continue reading

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Everywhere 

god is before me god always has my back Everywhere I look I see god  even on a blank sheet of white paper.

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LOVE! a story about 2 mice

More and more i find myself in deep meditations and ponderings on Love, unconditional, conditional, how our love stories are shaped and how they shape us. enjoy! share! thank you! first a story of two mice: next: a sermon about … Continue reading

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little grrl lost

we all get lost now and then….  

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