Being born with a (cute, curved) shell on your back doesn’t always means you will turn out to be an introvert. But it is a pretty safe bet. That shell can just look too tempting, feel too comforting. And comfort is great, for sure. But it can also be isolating. Especially when there are microscopicContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Putting Yourself Out There”
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Being Brave with Bruce: Claws for Days
When participation in the food chain o’ life isn’t an elective, you want to make sure you bring your very best A-game (and all its fancy accessories) to every single interaction. Suit up and then show up, so to speak. Speaking of accessories, here it can help to have a range of options to matchContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Claws for Days”
Being Brave with Bruce: What the World Needs Now
There are times when unfolding events on this small round blue and green planet can feel really stressful. Oh so stressful. The news about, well, basically everything, sounds so grim. There are micro-particles on the loose everywhere and they aren’t very friendly. Even worse, the latest fashion trend sweeping the ranks of your large shell-lessContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: What the World Needs Now”
Being Brave with Bruce: What Box Turtle?
“Extreme cuteness.” In some scenarios, it can be such a blessing. Then again, there are those other scenarios. Truth be told, you don’t pop right out of your round white escape hatch knowing how to dial down the cuteness when the situation calls for it. To that point, you also don’t know which situations mightContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: What Box Turtle?”
Being Brave with Bruce: Jedi Turtle
Waking up to each new day full of unknowns is kind of scary. It is also kind of an adrenaline rush. As you bat your (adorable, red, whirling) box turtle eyes open each day, you truly have no idea if you will come face to face with the best of life…. Or the worst ofContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Jedi Turtle”
Being Brave with Bruce: Stealth Box
There is a reason “earth tones” (like “olive,” for instance) are always in fashion. They go with everything. Everything goes with them. This makes olive just about the closest accessory you can have to an actual cloaking device. While classic olive all by itself is great, maybe you are a fashion-forward box turtle and soContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Stealth Box”
Being Brave with Bruce: Keep Your Ferns Close
When you are small and super-delicious, you can never have too many ferns. Ferns are so friendly. They are so multi-purpose. A fern can clean your air, purify your water, shade you, shelter you, even lift you up (literally). Ferns are nice and quiet, which means they make great neighbors. And they are very leafyContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Keep Your Ferns Close”
Being Brave with Bruce: Food Chain Friends
Regardless of your ranking in the greater food chain o’ life, it can be a full time job to figure out the difference between friends, enemies and frenemies. In other words, some beings always want to eat you. Some never do. And some are only interested if someone tastier isn’t available. When in doubt -ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Food Chain Friends”
Being Brave with Bruce: Cuteness Contest
It doesn’t take much time living in an interspecies flock to notice that beings without shells tend to be a restless lot. While you and your small shelled red-dotted sister are chill as can be, the same can’t be said for your small loud feathery brother or your large shell-less rescue mama. Talk about over-thinkingContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Cuteness Contest”
Being Brave with Bruce: Home Together
It is true that beings with shells tend to be homebodies. And thank goodness for it, when you are (quite literally) appetizer-sized and every other being around you is keen for their three squares a day just like you are. In other words, in a big, wild, hungry world, it can make smart survival senseContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Home Together”
Love & Feathers & Shells 