Photo courtesy of Kent Hammit…the guy the took the best photo of me…ever. As you can imagine, Parker has his own way of looking at the world. He’s fairly strong-willed and he’s pretty damned clear about the way he wants the world to go. This is entirely my doing. I raised the little sucker to [...]
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The “Dr. Phil Game”
Posted in essays and articles, Patricia Sund, Writing, tagged blogging about parrots, Dr. Phil, kook, little ones, looking at the world, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrot psychology, Patricia Sund, shower stall, The Dr. Phil Game on February 19, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Making History as We Go Along
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, browse, communication ideas, horizontal exchange, horizontal flow, Jason Crean, moral letters, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Seneca the Younger, The future of Aviculture, thomas friedman, world of birds on February 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’ve written about “The Tribe” before, or as I tend to call it, “The Parrot Nation.” Thomas Friedman wrote about it in his book, The World is Flat, essentially making the point that the world is evolving into a level playing field in terms of communication, ideas and commerce. I essentially pointed out in my essay [...]
Field Trip
Posted in essays and articles, tagged bathroom stuff, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, bridge on the river kwai, hurricane forecast, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, three birds, traveling with a toddler, Traveling with Parrots on February 10, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Like other living things, my Greys like getting out and about. And of course anytime I get them out the door it’s a huge deal. Three carriers. Their backpack with wet-wipes, toys, snacks, treats, water bottle and extra newspaper. When I take them up to Port St. Lucie to visit my friends Lynn and Darryl, [...]
I Can’t!
Posted in essays and articles, Patricia Sund, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blah blah, blogging about parrots, cast iron skillet, confidence builder, good god, having children, Parrot Nation, parrot training, taking care of parrots, three kids, time savers caring for parrots on February 3, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I don’t know what’s worse, having other people underestimate you or underestimating yourself. Both kind of blow. Sometimes you underestimate yourself, yet you find that you could indeed do whatever it was that you didn’t think you could do. That’s very uplifting and a hell of a confidence builder. Having had other people underestimate your [...]
Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Posts About the "Chop" Concept, Writing, tagged "Chop" Concept, bird event, Bird Talk Magazine, blogging about parrots, Chop for Parrots, companion parrots, Dr. Susan Orosz, Jessica Pineda, leather elves, Lisa Bono, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrots of the world, Patricia Sund, picture element, preparing food for birds on January 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
While there are millions of people who care for birds worldwide, the bird world is actually a fairly small community in the United States. And with the magnification and amplification abilities of the internet, the proliferation of social media, and search engines making good information within the reach of a single click, more and more [...]
Looking Ahead to “Much More”
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged american federation of aviculture, Bird Blogs, bird food, blogging about parrots, essays and articles, Parrot Blog, parrot diet, portuguese water dogs, susan friedman, w edwards deming on December 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Janet’s Portuguese Water Dogs Looking Ahead We’re wrapping up what I referred to in an earlier post, “An Eventful Year.” Yes it was. And not just for me, but for the Avian Community and the world. Not all of it was positive. Not all of it was a step in the right direction. But the [...]
Christmas is For the Birds
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Christmas with parrots, Christmas with the birds, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation on December 23, 2011 | 8 Comments »
How do you spend Christmas with your birds? They don’t really understand this tradition and don’t get the stocking thing under the TV at all. (I live in Florida. If I want “Fireplace Smell” I use a ceramic ring for oils on a light bulb.) I know about explaining Christmas to them because I’ve tried. [...]
An Interesting Conversation With a Complete Stranger
Posted in essays and articles, Saving Money-Thrifty Habits, Writing, tagged AT&T, Odd Todd, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Sales calls from AT&T, Saving money by bundling on December 21, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I was doing my usual day off shenanigans. You know; laundry, washing the floor, replacing the substrate papers in the Greys’ cages, messing around with throwing out paperwork and trying to make sense of what was under the kitchen sink when the phone rang. Always eager for a chance to sit down, (although when I [...]
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Spam, Spam, Spam
Posted in essays and articles, Patricia Sund, Writing, tagged Askimet, Bird Blogs, inane comments, Parrot Blog, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, spam comments on blogs, spam on blogs, Wordpress on January 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »
See image source here: Island Crisis One of the things you must deal with when you have a blog is Spam. In my case it’s pretty clear cut. Word Press, the platform on which I produce my blog has this handy little program named Askimet that filters out what it believes are crap comments that [...]
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