Blog For Peace 2016

Each November 4th, we create our peace "globe" and join with other bloggers - and now those on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media also - to blog for peace.

This began with Mimi Lenox ten years ago and has spread around the world.  Check out other peace globes - funny, serious, memorials to a loved one, etc.  So many beautiful graphics with messages of peace!

(Blog) Blog4Peace.

(Facebook) Blogblast for Peace.

Mimi Lenox on Twitter


We are joining the Pet Parade hosted by Rascal and Rocco, Basil the Bionic Cat, Barking from the Bayou and Owned by a husky.   

Dona Nobis Pacem

Today is the annual Blogblast4Peace ( #blog4peace #blogblast4peace ), where bloggers join with social media users to post peace globes from around the world.

If you would like to participate, there is still time today. Just follow these directions from the official Blog4Peace site --   http://blog4peace.com/
1) Make your peace graphic(globe).
2) Send your finished peace globe to blog4peace@yahoo.com or TAG Mimi Lenox on Facebook
3)  Post it anywhere online November 4.
4) Title your post Dona Nobis Pacem (Latin for Grant us Peace) and your FB or Twitter post #blog4peace #blogblast4peace
5) Enter the blog hop at Blog4Peace url above.

BUDDY:  Do you think anyone would believe how close we came to not being able to post our peace globe today, or at least not until this evening?

PERCY:  Probably not but even thought it wouldn't have been Jan's fault, let's share the story anyway.  It is kind of comical and Jan is still laughing about what happened to poor Mr. Bewildered.

BUDDY:  We returned from our early morning walk yesterday to a message on the answering machine.  It was a bit hard to understand but Jan returned the call.  There was a lot of static on the line, plus a dial tone and a busy signal -- ALL at the same time she was trying to have a conversation. A short one, since they could barely hear each other.

PERCY:  A couple of hours later, the phone rang and her brother's name appeared in caller ID.  As soon as she picked up the phone, the call was disconnected.  She tried several times to return the call but kept getting the static, dial tone and busy signal (hereafter designated SDTBS) simultaneously.

BUDDY:  Finally, she reached Mr. Doug and they tried to open a conversation over the SDTBS.  Suddenly a  male voice demanded, :WHO ARE YOU?"  "Who are YOU?" Jan replied.  The bewildered male voice said, "I was speaking to someone in repair to report a problem with my phone when I was cut off and I got you."  

PERCY:  So Jan and Mr. Doug and Mr. Bewildered had a very short old time party line conversation, as they could barely hear each other.  Jan then tried to call the phone company to report the problem.  Despite the SDTBS, Jan heard a distinct echo when the auto responder voice said, "It appears you are calling from..."  - and it usually speaks your phone number for you to verify or correct.

BUDDY:  But the echo duplication stopped after the first five numbers.  The last 5 were different.  Jan was doing the impossible - calling in from more than one phone at the same time.

PERCY:  How could Jan report this?  Aha!  She went to the company's online site and found Live Chat.  She initiated a chat with the subject "phone service is wonky".  Live Chat is not an express way to accomplish anything but a nice man wrote up a repair ticket, saying there were evidently several lines crossed and the problem would be fixed by 7 p.m. today.

BUDDY:  We will spare you the phone "fun" of the next few hours, but Jan left for errands at 2 and returned at 4 p.m.  The internet was dead and so was the phone.  We were not only cut off from contact with the world, but there was little hope for finishing this post for today.

PERCY:  And then, half an hour later, the dead phone rang!  A cheerful repairman said he was right outside.  He had found and fixed the SDTBS problem.  We did a happy dance.  We hope Mr. Bewildered  had reason to do a happy dance too.

BUDDY:  And, thus, we are able today to post for peace.  Have a peaceful day!

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Dona Nobis Pacem

November 4th is Blog 4 Peace day around the world.  It began and continues under the leadership of Mimi Lenox.

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The lovely Cyndi and handsome Buddy are our 2012 blogging for peace spokesfurries.

Don't forget to enter your peace globe post in the blog hop at Blogblastforpeace.com.

A Chat with Wally, Ernie and Zoey

This week we interviewed The Island Cats, Wally, Ernie & Zoey. We hope you will go by to read Island Living with Wally, Ernie & Zoey on Mousebreath. You just might learn something new about them. Or not.

Don't forget Sunday, November 4th is Blogblast for Peace.

This was our 2011 peace globe.  We have a new one all ready to go Sunday.


You can pick up your peace globe here.  And find directions here.

Have a good weekend. 

Dona Nobis Pacem

As long as humans are not at peace with themselves, they will not only torment and kill each other, they will torture and kill animals.


Tips for today from Mimi Lenox, if you are on Twitter and/or Facebook -


Tweeters -- USE HASHTAGS #blogpeace #peace #blogblastforpeace #blog4peace at the end of your tweets to keep us organized and viral
Facebook -- Post your peace globe and submission to your Facebook wall and tag (Mimi).


Make your status "Dona nobis pacem". Some people even make their peace globe their profile pic for the day. Visit the groups and pages already set up on Facebook. They are for the express purpose of connecting and networking with other peace bloggers. Fan Page is here - http://www.facebook.com/BlogBlastForPeace

Cat Nip Trip

 Rusty here.  I heard there was nip available.  But, hey, this isn't nip!  I've been gypped. I was promised a nip trip.  Jaaaaaaan! 

Have you ever wondered what cats are thinking when stoned on nip?  Well, Jupiter is about to let the cat out of the bag.  Here he is tripping out and sharing the experience. 


If the video doesn't play, click here.

Don't click on the graphic.  Click here for details.  

 
Hope you are prepared. Tomorrow is Blogblast for Peace. Be sure to title your post "Dona Nobis Pacem" (without the quotes), which is Latin for Grant Us Peace.  And if you're on Facebook and/or Twitter, Mimi Lenox has information on her blog (link under graphic) as to how to participate as a unified group on either.


We don't really have any news.  We're still trying to adjust to the changing temperatures. There's a lot of shivering (all of us) and creaking (Jan) going on around here.  And we're still running behind in everything.  Well, not exactly running.  More like stumbling, lurching and barfing (cats).  We really feel for those of you who had the snowstorm before Halloween. Hope you already had your heat on. 

BBfP and Paws for Peace

So far we're doing okay in the preparation department for this year's BlogBlast for Peace in November. We have our Paws for Peace design ready to inform the world we furries also want peace. We deserve peace from cruelty, neglect and mass "euthanasia." Our calendar is marked for November 4; we just have to remember to check it.

You can read about it on our other blog, jff designs. It's never too early to begin your preparations.In fact, we believe BlogBlast for Peace is in process of counting down 100 reasons for peace on their Facebook page.  Their link - and our main post of today -  is on jff designs.  So pop on over and visit us there.

The blogosphere lost Kismet, another cat blogging legend yesterday, so give your human some extra cuddles and attention today. We just don't know how much time we will all have together.

Jan is dumping us from the computer again, so we'll just wish you all a blessed Sunday.

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Peace requires humans and furries working together in harmony, helping one another. We received help from friends and strangers to make this post. Fellow blogger Gracie kitty allowed us to use the group graphic of us she made for the CB auction, and Mimi, founder of Blogblast for Peace, sent some kind Facebook strangers to offer help. Dawn made the graphic transparent for us so we were able to use it to make our peace globe. Thank you, Gracie (whose mom had surgery on her finger this week) and Dawn.

And we'd like to thank Terica who made this lovely peace globe for us. Evidently she must know us very well.  She wrote, Grant us Peace at Jan's Funny Farm.  Funny, that's what Jan keeps saying.  But we think we're very peaceful for a houseful of furries.  :)

Seriously, Blogblast for Peace is an annual, international event, so whoever you are and wherever you live, we wish you peace.