As the old saying goes, “it is always five o’clock somewhere.” And everyone knows what five o’clock is – dinnertime. In other words, somebody, somewhere, is always on the prowl for their dinner. As a plump, round and delicious prey species, you are always on the menu. Which basically means you are born brave. ChoosingContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Born Brave”
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Being Brave with Bruce: Safety for Shells
Nature can come up with some pretty savvy safety features. For example, let’s say you come shooting out of your small white round escape pad with a shell on your back, a secret stash of snacks and a super-stealthy set of markings that lets you blend in whenever, wherever. For awhile, you feel very safe.ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Safety for Shells”
Resting in Place with Malti: Tag for Treats
Spend enough time on this small round blue and green planet, and you will start to realize that just because another being looks exactly like you doesn’t mean you will be automatic friends. Of course it is great when that happens. But it is just as possible that your bestie might look very different thanContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Tag for Treats”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Fierce and Feathery
Being born covered in soft downy feathers has its ups and its downs. Its pros and its cons. The pros speak for themselves. Feathers. Wings. “Cuteness.” So much of it, in fact, that you have to work extra-hard to show off any of your other many fine qualities. Like “fierceness,” for example. Just because youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Fierce and Feathery”
Being Brave with Bruce: Claws of Cuteness
There are few things in life that a heaping helping of “cuteness” can’t solve. But when one of those few things finally happens along, it is good to have a backup plan. Take the present-day global band of microscopic marauders, for example. They are known to be just as susceptible to cuteness as anyone else.ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Claws of Cuteness”
Resting in Place with Malti: Conceal and Carry
Navigating life as a short, small, shelled being can take some creativity. On the one hand, you want to stay concealed, on account of how long experience has taught you this is the best way to avoid being singled out for “special” status (as in “special of the day”). On the other hand, you want toContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Conceal and Carry”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Fluffy With a Side of Feathers
Spend much time in an interspecies flock and you will quickly notice something odd about your large featherless flock mates. They have a fascination with something called “the weather forecast.” Take your large featherless assistant, for instance. Hot, cold, sunny, not sunny, dark, light, windy, not windy – it is all equally interesting if youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Fluffy With a Side of Feathers”
Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Booty Shot
When you look good, you know it. You can feel it – deep in your gut. You can see it in the eyes of other (envious) beings as they pass by. You can know it by how you are always on the menu (even after you have submitted multiple requests to be removed). But thereContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Box Turtle Booty Shot”
Resting in Place with Malti: Little Tortoise and the Ramp
One of the most fun things about living with interspecies flock members is springing little surprises on them. Or big surprises. The best time to do this is just when your flock mates get really used to you doing things a certain way. They start making comfy little assumptions about you based on how youContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Little Tortoise and the Ramp”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Reaching New Heights
There is nothing more frustrating than receiving a fresh set of new challenges when you ordered “millet with a side of waffles” and a “single and seeking” ladybird to share it with. Clearly, your large featherless waitress has mixed up your order yet again. To make matters worse, now the challenges have decided you lookContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Reaching New Heights”
Love & Feathers & Shells 