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When you have feathers, sometimes you are just in the mood to try something new. For example, you may go for years feeling perfectly happy with your regular breakfast. But then, one day, you wake up feeling ready for a change. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts   p.s. Pearl is very excited about his new online SHOP! ContinueContinue reading “Day 330: Something New”

Being .007, highly trained super-spy, is a 24/7 job. Once you’ve been trained, you can’t turn your training off. Your instincts operate on one setting – “high alert.” Which of course means that by the time others nearby even notice there is danger, you have already neutralized it. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts  ContinueContinue reading “Day 329: Crunching Down on Counter Spies”

For talented artists (with feathers), the medium you choose to work with will define you perhaps as much as your creations themselves. For example, say your medium of choice is wicker. There are very few artists who work with wicker. Wicker is also notoriously difficult to work with. So you can expect any work you produceContinueContinue reading “Day 328: Working with Wicker”

Here at Casa Feathers n Beak, all snacks are welcomed with great warmth and interest. After which they are ingested with equally great warmth and interest. And for the crispiest, crunchiest snacks, no morsel is too tiny to be worth the extra effort. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts   p.s. Pearl is very excited aboutContinueContinue reading “Day 327: My Cracker”

In every society there are some beings that are introverted and others that are extroverted. When you are meeting fans, you can always tell the extroverted beings because they tend to gather in large groups. The larger the group, the more extroverted the beings tend to be. In the largest groups, the beings can beContinueContinue reading “Day 326: Mouthfuls of Millet”

One lesser known fact about beings with feathers is that they need frequent tasty snacks to keep their energy up. They also need plenty of space and time to enjoy each snack, on account of the exhaustive “getting to know you” stage of the snack ingestion process. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts   p.s. PearlContinueContinue reading “Day 325: Getting to Know You”

Every species has different fashion challenges. Take the featherless beings, for example. They often spend hours and days (and whole stacks of the green crispy paper they seem to like so much) keeping the long strands on the tops of their heads in place. But feathered beings can go them one better. Imagine if youContinueContinue reading “Day 324: The Preen Machine”

Parrots and pirates have a long history together. Most beings assume this is because the pirates kept the parrots as pets. Not so much. Rather, the parrots were able to use “prettiness” and “cuteness” to turn the deadly pirates into docile assistants who could help them carry their plunder. The tradition still exists today, although today’sContinueContinue reading “Day 323: Plundering with Parrots”

One enduring facet of Mediterranean culture is sociability. Simply put, tasty dishes taste even better when they can be shared. Or not. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts   p.s. Pearl is very excited about his new online SHOP!  He invites all of his VIP fans (yes, that means YOU) to visit, browse and – of course – buy! 

Being .007, pint-sized super spy, is a role that requires a great amount of diplomacy. And an equally great amount of “suaveness.” For example, let’s say you detect a potential security threat. Others may not think there is anything to worry about, but they are not Pearl Bond. So you must proceed with as much diplomacyContinueContinue reading “Day 321: Pomegranate Reconnaissance”