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• Mush on!

  Pretty remarkable photographs here of world-class dog sledding.  Thanks to Andy for sending this photo journal our way. Open this link for  the photo journal: Dog sledding - The Big Picture - Boston.com Our husky/shepherd/wolf mix Geronimo--without Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:16 PM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: animal-human connection, beauty, delight

• twilight

  Submission for this week's One Single Impression prompt: twilight . Twilight. Just hours before the final sleep We love. He visits, still, in my dreams to remind me . Josh, beloved black German Shepherd, 11.5 years old Labor Day, 2005. We put him down Read More... Posted Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:01 AM by Beth Patterson | 26 Comments Filed under: ancestry, animal-human connection, attachment, blessings, dreams

• What every salmon knows

  This is a 2 page spread from Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life you Have What struck me about this meditation is that it is so earthy, so right where we live, so pragmatic. The salmon know how to expose Read More... Posted Sunday, December 28, 2008 5:21 PM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: abandonment, abundance, acceptance, amazement, animal totems, animal-human connection, beauty, brokenness, vision quest, vulnerability

• We're nomads, for God's sake

  "Religion is nice, but even without all that divine revelatory hullabaloo, the Creator left us enough information in the earth about how to live in balance. If we did not have the Torah, we could have learned everything that we needed to know from the Read More... Posted Saturday, December 13, 2008 12:45 PM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: advent, animal-human connection, becoming more human, blessings, brokenness, chanukah, gifts, humanity

• Dialogue on emergent communities: an interview with Stephen Harrod Buhner

  Just came across an interesting site, Future Primitive . Out of the box thinkers are interviewed and the interviews are archived. Here are the categories of topics in this archive: Destiny in the Stars (3) Gaialogues (66) Organic Light (1) Rapture & Read More... Posted Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:58 PM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: ancestors, animal-human connection, beauty, brokenness, compassion

• Bear on a mission

  Sent by my friend Donna who knows I have a thing about bears. Thanks, Donna! Hi my name is Billy and I'm a suet addict. I'm having a little bit of fun here. What kind of a deviant human mind put this thing in such a &#*% weird, hard to reach place? Read More... Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:31 AM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: animal-human connection, humor

• Rohr Webcast on 10/4: St. Francis turning the world on its head

  There are more books written about the life and teachings of St. Francis than of any human, second only to the man known as Jesus. Far more than the garden ornament he has been cast as, Francis stands as symbol of humility, transformation and grace. Father Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:38 AM by Beth Patterson | 0 Comments Filed under: 7 generations, animal-human connection, courage, Fr. Rohr, healing from abuse, living more consciously

• Guest post: Love can make us change

  This is a guest post from Tania Crawford about a response to a previous post on the Virtual Tea House: My Best Day so far: Absolutely Nothing Happened . Hope you enjoy Tania's process with these concepts! Our prayers today are with Tania and Mackey... Read More... Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:47 AM by Beth Patterson | 1 Comments Filed under: animal-human connection, non-reactivity

• An amazing photo journal of Faith, aka Will Power, the dog

  This photo journal of Faith (or Will Power) the dog made my heart smile and weep at the same time. Make sure to scroll down the page of the above link to see all the photos. NOTE: See comment on this post--this little dog's name is actually 'Faith'... Read More... Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:23 AM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: acceptance, animal-human connection, becoming more human, blooming where we're planted, compassion, courage, eccentricity, gotta play to win, wonder

• Hannah's Dream by Oregon author Diane Hammond is released 9/2/08

  Sub-title for this post: Local girl does good! Diane Hammond is a Bend,Oregon resident. This is her third critically acclaimed novel. Visit Diane's site for more info and for book signing and other media events around 'Hannah's Dream'. “Irresistibly touching, Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:23 AM by Beth Patterson | 2 Comments Filed under: ancestors, animal-human connection, attachment, faithfulness, forgiveness, grace