When you are small and round and covered in downy feathers, other beings may not automatically assume you know your way around a kitchen. They won’t look at you and instantly think you have the keenest and most sensitive of gourmet palates. And most won’t ever change their mind about this, either. But you don’tContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: the Kitchen Cockatiel”
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Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Brave and the Fluffy
Even if you have downy soft fluffy feathers completely covering your body and can “cuteness stun” potential predators like nobody’s business, you still never know what a day may bring. So you have to bring both. The brave and the fluffy. This way, if you try “fluffy” and it doesn’t work, you still have “brave.”ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Brave and the Fluffy”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Getting Creative
There is no such thing as an un-creative individual. In fact, have you ever noticed there isn’t even a word for a being who lacks creativity? This is because the word for that being is “lunch.” In other words, just surviving through the lunch rush can take some pretty fancy footwork. To get creative isContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Getting Creative”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: What Goes Down
Up is good. Up feels great. Everyone likes “up.” But then there is what comes next. Down. Down has fewer fans. Some outright foes. And more than a few frenemies. Yet “up” and “down” aren’t so different, in the sense that when you are down, well, you know what is coming next. That’s right. Up!ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: What Goes Down”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be a Waffle Hero
Everyone needs a hero sometimes. But not everyone who needs a hero is equally good at letting others know. Some beings need extra encouragement to open up about the hard times. For instance, they might be the “strong and silent” type that struggles to ask for help. Or they might just not wear their emotionsContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be a Waffle Hero”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be the Bread
Sometimes life hands you big challenges. And you can’t always count on others to appreciate what you are facing. From the outside looking in, your life might look easy peasy – so posh and pampered. But from the inside looking out, you know you have big responsibilities on your tiny feathery shoulders. For example, youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be the Bread”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: the Master Rooster
Being the “alpha” flock member is a big job. Everybody thinks they want that job until they get it. Then they find out why you need so many restful naps (“beta” flock members are hard work!). Of course, an experienced “alpha” knows how to make the job easier. For starters, you want to stick togetherContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: the Master Rooster”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Plump and Perfect
It is no secret that there is an inverse relationship between stress and snacks. This is because stress burns calories. So when you’re stressed you need to double up on your fuel intake to stay as plump and perfect as the ladybirds prefer. Luckily, there is nothing like pandemic pounds to (ahem) round you outContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Plump and Perfect”
Happy Birthday to Pearl’s Tall Tree!
When you love somebody, you want to do everything together. You want to roost up high in their branches all the time. You want to take your snoozes in the comforting crook of their trunk. You even want to share your waffles with them! And when their annual day o’ celebration arrives, you want toContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday to Pearl’s Tall Tree!”
Being Brave with Bruce: A Standup Guy
Spend enough time as a card-carrying member of the food chain o’ life and it is easy to feel pigeonholed. No matter what you do, some beings will always just see you as supper. Other beings will think because you are short and shelled, they can pluck you out of your home and take youContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: A Standup Guy”
Love & Feathers & Shells 