Pet Monologues

Upon reviewing “links” with other bloggers during 2007 PM would like to thank those who linked, contributed, or commented though did not show up as links and/or were not included in our posts. Here’s a partial list of bloggers who I hope will continue to have dialogs with PM.

Andy Beard
A Side of Cartoons. Please.
Border Wars: A border collie blog
Catnip Corner
Fishalicious
Gigicogo
Jottings from Jersey
Little Miss Attila
Petvlr.com
Poeartica
Raven’s Roads
Speedcat Hollydale
the dog log
the laid.back buddhist

Visit these sites. Woof!

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase pets and animals in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 1/23/08 thru Friday—and maybe
a bit longer…

Mad Kane’s Humor Blog submits Ode to a greedy squirrel
Only in the Apple submits And on the 8th day, God created the iPod.
The Dreaming Tree submits Fantasy don’t get no respect.

8th day

Fantasy

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

Just when one is ready to despair there won’t be a submission for Friday Ark this comes in. Photographer Dana Neibert just posted a few images from his latest adventure in Thailand…

Dana Neibert

Dana Neibert

Dana Neibert

A little curiosity goes further: several associations and his and her offerings in elephant polo accessories: puffers, scarfs, T-shirts.

This from Elepolo: Elepolo is the official clothing range for the World Elephant Polo Association, it has been developed and sold in connection with the yearly WEPA tournaments at Tiger Tops in Chitwan, Nepal.

At the heart of Elephant Polo and the Elepolo clothing range lies the love of the elephants to ensure that they are well-looked after and cared for.
5% of the sales of the Elepolo items are donated to the International Trust for Nature and Conservation supporting the protection and coservation of endangered species in Nepal, Thailand and India (itnc.org).

Elepolo through their cooperation with Joules clothing also supports the Esther Benjamin Trust in Nepal, which among other things are working with former prison children, former street children and children rescued from circuses (ebtrust.org.uk).

Pick me ups:
Sugar cane or rice balls packed with vitamins (molasses and rock salt) shall be given to the elephants at the end of the match; and a cold beer, or soft drinks for the drivers, but not vice versa.

Additional links World Elephant Polo Association Elephant Polo Accessories

I really don’t know if they emailed me or I found them.

Richard Avedon

But the connection was very late 12/07. Nonetheless, when the home page featured the image above… Not what I expected. Not the best of Rollingstone or vignettes in Vanity Fair. PM being an animal appreciation platform could not resist. What better way to bookmark this site than to put it in your blog? Featured in Caw to Art! #5

via Avedon Foundation

Mark Fredrickson

Mark A. Fredrickson lives in Tucson, Arizona. He attended Tennessee Temple College in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he studied drawing and photography. He continued his education at the University of Arizona. In his senior year, Mark’s interest shifted from fine art to a career in commercial illustration. via (Angelos/paintalicious.org) Featured in Caw to Art! #5