Kate Flournoy

And how he makes non-fiction interesting and engaging while still being informative and pithy…

@Rolena-Hatfield egg-zactly. Couldn’t have said it better myself. 😀

Oh, and I’m pretty sure the animals from Narnia have souls— Reepicheep made it to Aslan’s country, as did Jewel the unicorn and Fledge the flying horse, and the dogs from the Last Battle and a boar and a Bulgy Bear and a host of others… 😀

@Hope

Ooh, good discussion! I don’t know that there’s a right or wrong to this one, actually— I think it’s a person to person thing, and everybody’s different.

For me, reading about talking animals (mostly in the Chronicles of Narnia) didn’t teach me to respect animals as living beings with souls at all— it taught me to recognize an intelligent…[Read more]

@Daeus if you don’t want those cookies… *eats first cookie, licks fingers, grins* One cookie down… *eats second cookie, licks fingers, chuckles* two cookies down… *lifts third cookie to lips, opens mouth wide…*

Daaaaeus, I’m eating your coooookieeeeees…

*freaks out* OH NOOOO!!!! CALL 911 SOMEBODY QUICK IT MIGHT NOT BE TOO LATE—!!!!!

Wait… dead people can’t type. Hm. Suspicious @Daeus. Very suspicious.

@anna-brie ahhh, I know that feeling. 😛 Best of luck!

@anna_brie ahhh, I know that feeling. 😛 Best of luck!

Ooops… now ya done it, @bluejay. 😉

That is awesome @bluejay! *cheers, throws blue confetti (cuz why not?)*

@bluejay you won’t feel faint or dizzy or have a heart attack if I tell you my word count, will you? No? Good. I got 1,027. You?

Okay @bluejay ready set go!

Okay, no sweat @Adry_grace. 🙂 Family’s more important.

@bluejay hahaha nope, I’m writing until 9:30 so you should be good! 😀

Awesomesauce @adry_grace! Let’s see if we can make it to 8:30, that all right with you?

@overcomer it’s a political allegory— I absolutely loved it. Basically about a farm of animals who decide they’ve had enough with farmers and are going to set up their own democracy and live life fairly and equally… which devolves into utter chaos as the rules keep changing, and in the end… well… I won’t spoil it. It wasn’t a warm fuzzies…[Read more]

@overcomer it’s a political allegory— I absolutely loved it. Basically about a farm of animals who decide they’ve had enough with farmers and are going to set up their own democracy and live life fairly and equally… which devolves into utter chaos as the rules keep changing, and in the end… well… I won’t spoil it. It wasn’t a warm fuzzies…[Read more]

Okaaaaaay people, I need some help. My muse is asleep and I’m going to try and trick it into thinking its awake by utilizing a little friendly competition… @Daeus @bluejay @faithdk @anyone else…