tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post9043218319796795473..comments2023-08-14T10:23:04.082-04:00Comments on My Green vermont: Sentient Beings EverywhereEulalia Benejam Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-24347011579126526422011-03-18T08:08:47.731-04:002011-03-18T08:08:47.731-04:00Jaimie, the last three lines of this are new to me...Jaimie, the last three lines of this are new to me. I love them!Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-65437265335506072382011-03-17T22:15:09.683-04:002011-03-17T22:15:09.683-04:00Reminds me of part of the metta sutra:
"...Ma...Reminds me of part of the metta sutra:<br />"...May all beings be at ease,<br />Whatever living beings there may be;<br />Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,<br />The great or the mighty, medium, short or small..."<br /><br />I, too, try to take bugs outside, but spiders get to me, so it depends...sometimes I am able to let it slide. (Shivers at the thought).jaimiebhttp://web.me.com/jaimieb/Site/Blog/Blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-8924557884526067972011-03-17T12:18:44.652-04:002011-03-17T12:18:44.652-04:00Does your kindness extend to wolf spiders? If so,...Does your kindness extend to wolf spiders? If so, I'll be calling you in the fall.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-8547800064371496532011-03-17T11:37:03.599-04:002011-03-17T11:37:03.599-04:00I admit it: I carry bugs out of the house.I admit it: I carry bugs out of the house.Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-1728270950588810212011-03-17T08:12:52.423-04:002011-03-17T08:12:52.423-04:00Thanks, Bridgett. This is beautiful. And I'd...Thanks, Bridgett. This is beautiful. And I'd like to know more about those cats under your porch.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-66641417650916154542011-03-16T22:54:36.519-04:002011-03-16T22:54:36.519-04:00A common refrain when we go to the country with fr...A common refrain when we go to the country with friends: "Mal, get the bug glass..." And he'll come from the kitchen with a glass and a piece of paper and scoop whatever nasty thing has landed on the table next to us or is crawling across the floor and release it outside, sometimes further away than others.<br /><br />I am one that believes my house carries the scars of its past owners who chopped it into pieces for a boarding house in the 40s. Every time we do something small that takes away the mistakes and restores her to something resembling function and beauty, I can imagine the sigh of relief.<br /><br />I also...when I vacuum under the fridge or out the car or scrub the shower walls or get something really back to its true condition, I feel like am caring for a sick person or a refugee--not someone too close to me, like a child or a parent, but someone who needs my help in this one small limited way. <br /><br />So of course I think that about bugs and meat and cats with bad tempers who live under my porch. It's the one place where I dip close to Franciscan...but there is a practical side, too, not just a sentimental one. It is good to recognize the spirituality of animals and plants and objects--created things and living things are part of creation.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.com