Love considers the mountain lion, the badger, the tiff | part 3

March 5, 2014

Smallish breadcrumbs scattered on the ground… neither big ones, nor “all at once” ones… but if you keep puttin’ em down… breadcrumbs still add up… Yeah, unless some hungry birds get there first.  ッ Anyway… that’s the way I’ve tried to help… but admittedly, sometimes mountain lions lay crumbs down carelessly… and regardless, sometimes badgers […]

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Love wonders why | help – anger – pride

February 5, 2014

source Me…the badger…a tiff… and beaucoup love lessons… presented like woven posies. The story of the badger, the mountain lion, defense, love, and pride began here. Explosive anger, words like machetes… and to “get it” I think I need to examine my actions too. One thing experience reveals… about how being too often in need […]

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Love wonders why

January 26, 2014

source I tried to help. She fought it. Not the first time. She almost always comes around later as we agree and move forward. But at the start there is invariably the defensive position. In the wild, badgers have been known to fight off packs of dogs, wolves, and even bears. She’s a badger…fearless. And […]

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Love feasts on the Bread of Angels | Panis Angelicus

December 25, 2013

Bread of Angels … Panis Angelicus   First the Latin: Panis Angelicus fit panis hominum Dat Panis caelicus figuris terminum O res mirablis, manducat Dominum Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis It was written by Thomas Aquinas about 700 years ago. My Latin is more rusty than the Tin Man. The […]

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Love has a story – Saint Valentine | chapter 10

February 20, 2013

September 269 AD Every night, outside my prison door… there is a short whispered conversation… the rattle of swords…the scuffle of boots… then the hasty exit of the guards and their torches. After that, in the absence of light, comes my visitor. She brings me food, and wine, and welcome conversation. The story of Saint […]

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Love has a story – Saint Valentine | chapter 9

February 13, 2013

  source August 269 AD I have been here in Rome for two months. The rose petals that once daily adorned the bars to my cage have ceased. Have I been forgotten? The story of Saint Valentine, which began here, continues.   Meals are sparse, but sufficient…bread and water. It seems I am not here […]

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Love has a story – Saint Valentine | chapter 8

February 12, 2013

August 269 AD At first I was imprisoned with others. What’s a priest to do in prison but to speak the Word of God. But since then Claudius has decided I am not to be heard. I am transported to another place… moldy walls, spiders in corners, rats on the floor… and there is not […]

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