Why I Will Always Have Pets

This post is part of the Pet Writer’s Blog Carnival.


Smart cat and lovely dog
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How do your pets enrich your life?

I’ve been looking for a reason to use all these cute animal pictures that I’ve come across while searching for just the right photo for today’s post.  At last I’ve found it.  Telling you how wonderful it is to have pets.

If you are not a pet owner, the first thing you must understand is that for those of us without human children, our pets are our kids.  The second thing you will need to accept is that I’m not exaggerating.  My animals are my babies… maybe not the fish, but the four-legged ones are.  (Fish look pretty swimming around in the tank, but beyond their beauty, they don’t give much back.)

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Starting Anew – Change Is In The Air

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This week’s posts offered you many options for making your days and weeks count – as we mosey toward autumn, we invite you to move forward with intention!

If the post on Worst Case Planning piqued your interest, here’s your chance to find out if you are a “defensive pessimist”.  Take the test and let us know your score.

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Getting Moving Again

Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
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Where will you be at year end?  Where would you like to be?

In my last post, I mentioned that I’ve been waaaay too busy and waaaay too unproductive.  This is not a good combination.  For one thing, it’s very frustrating – working hard all day and not getting anywhere.  So, I decided to stop for a bit and try to figure out what’s going on.

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Make Mine Bricolage!

We had to improvise
© kristin82175 used by permission

I’ve done it again.
I’ve fallen in silly love with a word:  bricolage (brk-läzh, brk-)

A word for heaven’s sake!

It’s French and means: the creative use of what’s at hand.  It’s the equivalent of the Yanks’ and Brits’ “jerry-rigging” – a nautical term used once upon a time to describe the challenge of losing a mast or sail while at sea – sailors had only the materials and supplies at hand – no JIT or Just In Time delivery by helicopter!

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Making Friendly Choices

Tired
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Is your crowd helping you be more resilient?

It’s the lazy days of summer and feeling a bit lazy myself, it’s taken me a little while to figure out that I’m not really going anywhere.  I’m busy enough, but I’m not making progress.  In fact, I feel way too busy and way too unproductive.

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Cup o’ Inspiration

cup with steam swirl

Take a short break and consider the following:

“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”

George Elliot

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