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Owl Medicine

July 22, 2011

I discovered owls yesterday.  Four of them.  It appears that two are babies. This morning, after putting the horses in, I went to the tree.  They were all there. I lay beneath the tree watching and listening.  They were tussling a bit, then one flew over to nearby tree with a chunk of food (a [...]

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One Cannot Fly Into Flying

May 4, 2011

  “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”  Friedrich Nietzche Practice, practice, practice:  the only way to fly. Related Posts:Believe Impossible ThingsLife UrgeLife Abounds

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I Will Soar

April 26, 2011

What is this notion in my head that I need more time?  I have more time than most.  I have intentionally made it so.  Yet, now, I am pushing myself out of the nest. It’s time!  Spread your wings and fly! No!  Wait!  I need a little more time! Come on, baby, spread your wings [...]

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A Holy Evolving

November 16, 2010
butterfly at phinizy swamp

Spirituality freed from the confines of rigid and fixed theology excites me.  Everything becomes holy, as Peter Mayer sings in his song Holy Now.  A holy evolving. Yes, even spirituality is evolving.  The evolutionary impulse pulsates through me, and all of life.  It is vital, insistent, and, frequently, demanding. Imagine the caterpillar refusing to spin [...]

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Autumn Silhouette

October 20, 2010

“Creativity is the Blue Heron within us waiting to fly; through her imagination, all things become possible.”  Nadia Janice Brown Hearing her from inside the house, I stepped onto the balcony to catch sight of her.  Unable to see, I picked up camera and trotted to the lake where I knew she’d be. There! Off [...]

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Life Urge

July 28, 2010

Baby wrens were born in the garage.  I watched them and sang to them many days.  Finally, they fledged from their nest but two of them didn’t leave the garage.  For several days, they awkwardly flapped around, too afraid or weak to venture out of their place of safety.  I could hear the mother or [...]

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The Gift of Sharing Miracles

June 16, 2010

I visited with Daddy yesterday.  He’s struggling with his lung cancer but is very brave in the midst of it.  It is good to be with him. A pair of cliff swallows built a nest on his porch some weeks ago.  We’ve been watching them ever since.  Daddy has been very respectful of them, even [...]

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