Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: When Life Hands You Potatoes

While some beings like to stay with their own species all the time, other beings may choose instead to keep company with different species. Not only does this give you a chance to learn unusual sayings and customs you might never otherwise have heard of, but it also shows you where you have something inContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: When Life Hands You Potatoes”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: A Beak-on of Hope

If there is one fact you can always count on in life, it is this: Someone, somewhere, is always out looking for lunch. This means the key to surviving (not to mention thriving) is not to attempt to vanquish all the predators in the world all at once. Rather, you just need to do aContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: A Beak-on of Hope”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Waffle Wingman

Live amongst the large featherless species for long enough and you will notice they have some very strange flocking rituals. Take the “wingman,” for example. This is an easy one to decode…or at least it should be. Wing + man. Clearly, this term refers to you. Yet the large featherless beings seem to think itContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Waffle Wingman”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Reach Out and Bite Someone

Sometimes no matter what you do – or how cute you are – life simply refuses to do what you tell it to do. You say “scratch neck feathers.” It gives you a shower. You say “bring waffles.” It brings spinach. You say “spring migration.” It brings you instructions for sheltering in place. Sheesh. IfContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Reach Out and Bite Someone”

Happy Day O’ Independence from Love & Feathers & Shells

When you are just a chick and your bullying flockmates bite off your left wing tip and three of your eight powerful sharp curved talons, independence becomes kind of a thing. You had it when you were born. But now you don’t have it. You can’t fly like the other birds. You need help toContinueContinue reading “Happy Day O’ Independence from Love & Feathers & Shells”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Love Makes the World Go Round

This world serves up so many lessons even on a daily basis. It can feel unrealistic – at best – to expect to learn them all. Here, the best strategy is to just concentrate on the most important lessons. For example: “round is good.” This is an easy one. Round is clearly the best shape,ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Love Makes the World Go Round”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Strike While the Waffle Iron Is Hot

The large featherless beings can have some very strange ideas about things. Take the word “waffling,” for instance. Your large featherless assistant uses this word in all kinds of odd ways. She seems to think it means “not being able to make up your mind.” You can tell because she frequently struggles from this veryContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Strike While the Waffle Iron Is Hot”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Going All In

If there is one thing in life that is certain, it is uncertainty. This is certainly not a comforting fact. And yet what can be comforting is knowing you’ve got what it takes – whatever life hands you, you are going to make something fabulous from it. You are going to find the gem, theContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Going All In”

Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Extra Fluffy

When you have 21 and a half years of life in an interspecies flock under your feathers, you have learned there are days when “fluffy” will do. And then there are the days when “fluffy” simply won’t cut it. Some days call for “extra fluffy.” If not for yourself (because let’s face it, you alreadyContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Extra Fluffy”

Happy Birthday to Our Small Chef!

Once each year a very special day arrives. It is the day when a certain flock-wide Small Chef turns one year younger. And wiser. And even more special. It doesn’t matter what species you are – a Grandma’s love is a Grandma’s love. When you know you are loved and cared for and doted uponContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday to Our Small Chef!”