• September 2015
    Thank you for the great post! A fabulous resource for writing, and it's a book I call a "Why-To", not a "How-To": Pulitzer-Prize winner, Robert Olen Butler's "From Where You Dream". I've met Bob a few times now at various literary events, and I...
  • August 2015
    I recently discussed Autism with a neighbor whose younger son is "a person with Autism-Spectrum Disorder", and not "her autistic son". There's a HUGE difference in putting the human being First, the condition, Second. ❤️
  • August 2015
    Jill, Alonna, Cate, Thank you for all this kind introspection. Indeed, in regards to our companion animals (I have not called my GSDs "pets", ever), it is true we must be "guardians" or "their humans", or their "furever family". Not masters, or...
  • August 2015
    Alonna-- Thank you for that recognition. I love using "the Latin" for animals, because since most of us will not immediately understand who we are "labeling", it frees us up to HEAR what is said. ❤️
  • August 2015
    Hi Jill I think poets will connect with this very easily. We try to always avoid the cliche', so certainly using this kind of terminology you've listed would be using old terms, instead of creating a fresh way of looking at life through an animal's...

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