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“Flingability” is a technical term. It is only used by experts in the field. When a promising new source of material is found, an expert must be called in to perform “flingability tests.” Depending on test results, aspiring “flingers in training” may wish to incorporate the new material into their daily (hourly) practice sessions. Author: ShannonContinueContinue reading “Day 55: “Flingability” Tests”

Living in a mixed-species flock delivers constant chances to learn different customs. For example, you celebrate yourself every day. But in the featherless species, they celebrate themselves just once per year. After careful study, you can only assume this is because they lack feathers (poor dears, but it can’t be helped). Of course, the best annual festivitiesContinueContinue reading “Day 54: The Featherless Assistant’s Happy Birthday!”

Being small and feathery and famous brings daily surprises. For instance, who knew there would be so much competition amongst those who want to be chosen for your breakfast menu? Who would have thought, instead of having to track, stalk, and bring down prey, the prey would be trying to sneak onto your plate -ContinueContinue reading “Day 53: The Breakfast Bouncer”

Being a seed gourmand sometimes requires great courage and persistence. For instance, let’s say you are offered a delicacy….and then it promptly tries to flee? Part “tracker,” part “connoisseur,” there is a reason you are paid the big (waffle) bucks to evaluate new seed-centric dishes. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. For more than 70 full lengthContinueContinue reading “Day 52: When Seeds Try to Flee”

James Bond is very good at what he does – but there is another, much more top secret agent, who goes Bond one better. .007, Mission Specialist. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. For more than 70 full length feature stories about our fab and feathery star that will be available nowhere else, reserve your personal copy of Pearl’s new bookContinueContinue reading “Day 51: 007, .007 and Moneypenny”

In every culture, highly trained individuals spend years becoming experts in something called “extraction.” Sometimes it is information that needs extracting. Other times it is an object. Still other times it might be a being. However, due to the highly “classified” nature of such rescue missions, these brave extraction heroes nearly always remain unknown and unsung.ContinueContinue reading “Day 50: Greens Extraction”

For the most feathery and famous beings, life often feels like you are waking up to Christmas morning every day. On any given day, you may receive one or several new letters and packages from your besotted fans. Here, hiring a large featherless assistant can be key to response efficiency (on account of how easyContinueContinue reading “Day 49: More Fan Mail”

When you have feathers and a finely-tuned palate, local chefs and waitstaff may soon begin to offer you free samples of new dishes. Reason being, if you like it, they can feel confident their dinner guests will too. And if you don’t like it, well…… Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts p.s. For more than 70 full length feature stories aboutContinueContinue reading “Day 48: Free Samples”

When you are cute and fluffy with soft feathers, you know there is one (and only one) thing you share in common with the small featherless shelled being. You both like it WARM. W.A.R.M. You are both from tropical places and you both like tropical temperatures. But your large featherless assistant (who keeps grumbling aboutContinueContinue reading “Day 47: Temperature Control”

The wreath is much more than just a festive holiday accent. In Roman times, the kind of wreath you displayed was an indication of your status, rank, strength, achievements, and profession. If you really wanted people to notice these things, you might put your wreath right on top of your head (or better yet, have yourContinueContinue reading “Wet Bird Couture: The Wreath”