Do people ever think you're silly....?

[Cheshire Cat]

Dan, I love the sound of your book! That is fantastic. You'll have to post more as you write it. I'd certainly read it.

 

Birdhouse, I agree. I stated in my comments before that some people have never had the experience of keeping animals, so they don't know what it's like to shower their love onto something that isn't a human. You're also right when you say how people 'convert' once they've seen you with your birds. I feel the same. Once people have seen Tui and seen me with her, they seem more understanding. Maybe they need to see that devotion in practice.

 

Reggieroo - I must say that is awful. Why on Earth would people give strange looks when you're looking for your pet? Sarcastic remarks? I'm sorry to hear that happened. Some people have no clue, and it really is a shame. I don't think there's anything more satisfying than opening your heart to an animal and watching their trust in you grow.

[katana600]

When I was devoted to raising our family, my daughters meant the world to me and I worked really hard to do my best. They have grown up just fine and as they started college and moved along to create homes of their own, I have had more time on my hands. We had the usual pets, a dog and a couple of cats. Then, in a moment of weakness, in a big box pet shop, there was a lonely little parrot in a barren cage that "spoke" to our whole family that day. The rest is history. I have never seen such an extraordinary little creature and she doesn't even speak clearly. From there, the real object of my desire was the regal and intelligent African grey. The truth is, I have had a lifelong idea that I would like one, but didn't think it was realistic to wish for one. One thing turned to another, but the loss of two babies hit me more profoundly than most human interactions of joy and sorrow in my many decades. I don't get too many people being cynical about the bond I now have with Java and Gilbert. What I hear most is "If I knew I could get reincarnated as a little grey bird and come live with you, I would be ready to die today." LOL. I have lots of friends, family and things to do outside my home, but home with my birds is the happiest place I can think to spend my time. I have more people asking me to bring Gilbert along in his backpack so they can see him than people who would scoff or dismiss the joy he brings to our lives.

[Eshana]

Maybe this is a proclamation to the world or perhaps simply to the self. A diary? An editorial? Will it be read by the masses or will we just discard it as so much rubbish? Perhaps another tortured soul will be able to comprehend the discourse or maybe someone with an inkling of understanding will come and rescue the world from ignorance. In any event, I am sure that it is in the writing of this that we are to locate the time frame of the germs. A glacial palace is on the horizon. To view the outside world through a minute pane of Plexiglas is necessary. Peer to the inside through the stained glass window of the soul. The distortion of either is variable.

Our expulsion from paradise appears to have been a capital sentence. Maybe we are the ones who have failed the main path towards enlightenment and they are jaded with malice and forthought.

The white noise of the mind is all but deafening. Rambling, changing, screaming. Constantly changing the burden of the pulse. Stop!! No peace, changing, changing, screaming, ranting . . . Please stop!!!

 

Hahaha I love you so much.

[Eshana]

I'm writing a novel that is part political and part fantastical. I've been writing it since I was 12. I've written possibly around fourteen thousand pages, and I have liked perhaps fifty. When I should be writing I seem to be stuck reading the backlogs on this forum.

 

I've been teased my whole life about my love for animals. Especially the fact that I participate in companion animal rat rescue. I used to often joke that I was a teenage mother.

 

Now I'm old.

[Cheshire Cat]

 

I've been teased my whole life about my love for animals. Especially the fact that I participate in companion animal rat rescue. I used to often joke that I was a teenage mother.

 

 

Awww! Rat rescue. That is fantastic! I have people also tease me and say it's disgusting because I also have two Dumbo rats. I keep telling people that rats are one of the best small animals to keep - contrary to popular belief, they're actually very clean and intelligent.