All Entries – What I Learned From Animals
A big ol’ Texas-sized round of applause (sound of big ol’ Texas sized applause) for all the folks who joined us for this month’s group writing project: What I Learned From Animals! Thanks again for sharing your stories (and more importantly, your lessons learned) with the rest of us!
This month we have a total of 37 entries [UPDATED], and you’ll find the entire list below (in no particular order, other than it’s how I found ‘em). Do yourself a favor and check ‘em all out. Heck, drop by the authors’ blogs and start a conversation, why don’cha!
[NOTE: If, for some strange reason I didn't list your entry, please forgive me! Drop me a note and I'll correct the oversight immediately!]
- What I Learned From Animals, by Audra Krell at KRELLFISH
- What I Learned From a Yappy Dog, by Pete Aldin at Freaked-Out Fathers
- What I Learned From Shooting a Muskrat, by Brad Shorr at Word Sell, Inc.
- Dog Parables, Part 1, by Ruth Hull Chatlien at Ruth’s Visions and Revisions
- Dog Parables, Part 2, by Ruth Hull Chatlien at Ruth’s Visions and Revisions
- What I Learned From Sam the Border Collie Dog, by Andrew Rondeau at Great Management
- They Touch Your Soul, by Marcie Pickelsimer at My Two Boys
- What I Learned From Animals, by Christine Sine at Godspace
- Look a possum! by Danielle Houghton at sevendaymother.com
- Welcome to the Country, by Jonathan Pippenger at Growing Up With The Kids
- Who’s Training Who, Anyway? by David Bowles at Writing the Westward Sagas
- Life Lessons from SpongeBob Squarepants, by Monica Brand at Paper Bridges
- What I Learned From Animals, by Lillie Ammann at A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye
- Faith Before Fear, by Debbra Stephens at Garlands of Hosannas
- What I Learned From… Bees, by Sam Brougher at Your Scared Seductive System
- What I Learned From Dogs, by Karen Hanrahan at Best of Mother Earth
- What I Learned About Blogging… From My Granddogs, by Jean Browman at Transforming Stress
- What I Learned From Linus, by Gordon Atkinson at High Calling Blogs
- What I learned from a dog, by Sterling Camden at Chip’s Quips
- We Are Different From Animals, by Kim Quon at Preparation 4 Eternity
- What I Learned From Animals, by Lisa Velle at getting it write for you
- What I Learned From Animals – A Boy Becomes Like God, by Marcus Goodyear at goodwordediting.com
- What I Learned From Mother Robin, by Brad Shorr at Word Sell, Inc.
- Molly and Ministry, by Songbird at Reflectionary
- How to step out of your normal environment – and step into a new one, by Jackie Cameron at Jackie Cameron
- What I Learned From My Cat About the Writing Life, by Joanna Young at Confident Writing
- What I Learned From My Dog, by Karen Putz at A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
- What I Learned From Animals, by Nancy Janisch at Conversation in Faith Weblog
- The Tao of Roo: Lessons in Simplicity From My Dog, by Sara at On Simplicity
- What I Learned About Blogging… From Rats, by Jean Browman at Transforming Stress
- What I Learned From a Cat, by Luke Gideon at Luke Gedeon
- What I Learn From Kung Fu Panda, by Robert A. Henru at Reason4Smile
- What I Learned From Ants, by Ulla Hennig at Ulla Hennigs Photoblog
- A Cat Autopsy and Animal CSI: What I Learned From Animals, by Samuel Adams at Associated Content [UPDATE]
And finally – last, but hopefully not least, here’s not one, not two, but three from yours truly (what can I say? the topic inspired me!):
- Well Ain’t That Just the Duck’s Posterior! by Robert Hruzek at Middle Zone Musings
- What Are You Saying, Without Saying a Word? by Robert Hruzek at Middle Zone Musings
- The First Step to Effective Communication, by Robert Hruzek at Middle Zone Musings
Y’all give yourselves a big hand, my friends! And as usual, a big tip o’ the hat to ya! Be sure to tune in for the next exciting edition of What I Learned From… And be warned; it’s only a couple of weeks away!
So, what’s the subject going to be, you ask? Well… that would be telling!
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Robert, looks like you’ve herded up another great collection of posts here. Thanks for sponsoring these incredible projects.
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This was so much fun! Sure looking forward to reading these. I am on vacation until the 27th, stop by Best of Mother Earth and support some of my guest authors. OK?
@Brad – You’re welcome! Every time I’m surprised.
@Karen – Thanks for adding yours to the pile, Karen. Have a great vacation!
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Who’d a thought animals could teach us so much! Congrats on another very fine carnival, Robert!!
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Robert, wow what a line-up! I can’t wait to read these! I am already hooked by many of the titles. Thank you so much for bringing community together!
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Lots of great stuff here; I can’t wait to dig into it all. And I have to say that I’m definitely intrigued by anything that includes “the duck’s posterior” right in the title!
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@Pete – Hey, you’re welcome, Mate! Personally, I think we should keep an eye on ‘em – they’re gettin’ smarter all the time!
@Karen – Thanks for throwing your own hat into the ring, too. Also, 80% of the fun is finding new folks, while the other half of the fun is reading stuff from old friends!
@Sara – Yeah, I wanted to title it, “What I Learned From a Duck’s Butt“, but Mrs. MZM wouldn’t let me… Oh, well.
Wonderful roundup of animal educators.
Don’t know why I did this, but I attempted to quantify the animals mentioned by types of comments such as:
Positive comment about lab rats.
Positive comments about six cats and 14 dogs.
Positive comment about a deaf cat
Negative comment about a cat and seven dogs.
Other positive comments mention a muskrat; peacock; platypus; possum; pigeon; robin; dwarf lop rabbit; duck and someone else who has owned a Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Spongebob Squarepants also gets a positive nod but the rest of his cartoon comrades are given raspberries.
Negatives include: Mankind and a cruel boy. There’s sort of ambivalence shown toward a swarm of bees.
Wasn’t this WILF fun!
Sams last blog post..Update to the last post on Romanian children
Um… yeah. Sam, what you need, son, is a… hat! Too much sun can cause problems for the ol’ gray cells, y’know?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/815975/a_cat_autopsy_and_animal_csi_what_i.html?cat=53
Read that and I think you’ll agree I need more than a hat.
Sams last blog post..Update to the last post on Romanian children
Sorry to hear ’bout Kitty Gurl, Sam. But I think it WAS a bit close for all of them, especially when Papa wasn’t there to referree.
Thanks for the story, Sam – I’ll pop it into the list post.
RobertA great list but I am confused!The story about Sam the Border Collie is mine!Here’s the original link.I don’t know who Ivan Melgrati at Strategist.uk.org is but he stole my story!!Andrew
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??? Andrew, I’m as confused as you are. The only link I ever picked up was the one I used. But I see the same story on your site, dated one day earlier.
I suggest you contact Ivan and resolve it, then let me know and we’ll correct it here and the other places this list shows up.
Thanks for letting me know, though!
Looking at this guy, Ivan’s site – he copies all my blog entries??? I shall contact him.
I did sent the original link to you, Robert, in an email.
Andrew
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I’ll correct the links, Andrew. But I urge you also to contact Google and let them know. You don’t want his site showing in search results above yours!
I wonder if Ivan has the nerve to reply and own up. There’s not even a link on his site to mine.
Come on Ivan tell us your side.
Andrew
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