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  • 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"...
  • 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. ❤️
  • I have been enjoying this exchange about animals. How important they are to us!
  • ...I've always been an animal person (more than humans) and see and feel animals in a way similar to yours. Un...of allergy shots, I'm very allergic to dogs, cats, birds, etc. I need animals to keep their distance and pe...
  • I'm glad to hear of your interest in animal welfare, Alonna. I, personally, avoid the term "livestock," but of course everyone has to find their own way of thinking about animals and using language to reflect it. 
  • Depends on if you are talking about Author Rank or Sales Rank. Two different animals.
  • Debi: One of my favorite memoirs is Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals.  It is happy through and through and doesn't particularly follow the "rules" for story arc etc.  It is also nature writing.  I have read it over and over and I still laugh until I cry each time.
  • ...bar represent conflict; the number represents the degree of conflict. Those with black circles on them stand for character's support structures. Animals stake the place of settings. ...
  • :) Very true. Animals are so smart. 
  • ...most interesting thing, on a subterranean level, (metaphorically) as an elaborate painted wood carving--maybe two feet by five feet, covered with animals and plants and bright colors,...