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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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Carved shell jewelry

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on Tuesday. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Browsing carved shell jewelry by Shinji Nakaba, I came upon this ring.LOL, "Kiss the ring" has a new meaning. They show how it's made.…Continue

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Comment by sk8eycat on May 10, 2012 at 3:20am: Steph, I probably will start a discussion about cat fiction in a day or two; I had a typing and printing job that I had to finish tonight so it could go out in tomorrow's snail mail, and I have a feeling that the Pet Press ads are going to start coming in next week...so I'll try to get my act together by this weekend.

The only cat warrior books I've read have been Mark Rogers' "Samurai Cat" series, and I got those mostly for his artwork. Oh, I know about Larry Niven's series about the Kzin, but I've never read any.

So many books, so little time....

Comment by Ian Mason on May 10, 2012 at 3:19am: Nice pic. How's the sailing going?

Comment by Sail R's - Roz and Russ Worrall on May 10, 2012 at 3:09am

Comment by Steph S. on May 10, 2012 at 1:18am: Congrats on the 700+ members!
Sorry I'm behind on the site here. But now I'm free! Yay!

Comment by Steph S. on May 10, 2012 at 1:17am: Oh Ruth I'm going to post again more here now that the semester is over. I just got spread too thin and I haven't been posting as much as I'd like. You are doing just fine. No worries, ok?

Comment by Steph S. on May 10, 2012 at 1:15am: I love that idea sk8eycat! Please post! Have you read the books about the cat warriors? They are cool!

Comment by sk8eycat on May 10, 2012 at 12:36am: Ruth...I'm kinda shy about starting discussions. Many people in here are so brilliant that I feel as if my interests and concerns are trivial. I've been thinking of starting a discussion in one of the cat-fan groups...to see if anyone else enjoys feline detective novels. Does that sound too silly?

Comment by Grinning Cat on May 10, 2012 at 12:06am: For me, it somehow feels easier (in other online forums too, not just Hang With Friends or A/N in general) to respond to a discussion than to stick my neck out and start a Brand New Topic.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 8, 2012 at 12:44am: Thanks, Ian. The only thing that bothers me is how few people start discussions. I imagined as our numbers grew, my contributions would dwindle to insignificance. What's wrong? Why don't people share stuff more? For example, I read about how surrounded new members often feel in their profiles, but that's seldom discussed. Is there some subtle way I'm discouraging member contributions?