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anecdotes
August 2000 Edition

This First Edition of Anecdotes
Is Dedicated to the Memory of
Ginny Goodrich
And the Wonderful Way She Knew Animals

Dove's Gift

wpe4B0.jpg (17748 bytes) ~ When I learned there was a small tumor in one of my lungs, my daughter Annie gathered a circle of women to lay hands over me. We buried a stone, as a ritual for letting go of the unwanted presence. Soon after, two doves appeared on my patio. I was aware of the birds' presence, but had not been feeding them. Only after they were gone, did I discover that one had left an egg. Subsequently I learned that dove is the messenger of the Sophia. wpe1C.jpg (6035 bytes) I remember being quite thrilled. I took it as a message from someplace else.

As told by -Ginny Goodrich

Sacrifice - sacri- + ficio: to make holy.

The dove reminded us that there are some aspects of our lives that are harmful which we may select not to keep or nurture. We thank the dove.

Getting a taste of God's creation as it should be!

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The educational purpose of Creatured Connection is to help make this world more compassionate and environmentally friendly and to bring to the public awareness such subjects and issues as: alien, animal, animals, art, article, articles, author, avian, beautiful, beauty, bias, bioethics, biopolitics, bird, birds, book, books, butterflies, butterfly, Canada, consciousness, compassion, creature, creatures, conservation, cygnet, dragonfly, earth, earth day, educate, education, educational, empathy, ethics, environment, environmental, environmentalism, flight, flowers, gaia, gaiaquest, grail, Holloway, human, humane, intelligence, interconnectedness, interrelatedness, intolerance, invasive, lectures, journal, journalism, journalist, monarch, nonnative, native, nativism, nonviolence, natural, opinion, osprey, peace, peacemaking, picture, pictures, poem, poems, poetry, photo, photographs, photography, prejudice, rehabilitation, rehabilitator, relatedness, respect, rights, swan, swans, mute swans, swan song, snow, goose, geese, snow goose, species, sparrow, stereotyping, story, stories, Sue Holloway, teach, teaching, tolerance, trees, tree, Vermont, violence, waterfowl, welfare, wildlife, and wonder.

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