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When you are the Head of Security for your casa, sometimes you get presented with a particularly complex security issue. For example, let’s say a band of seeds has decided to stow away inside a hunk of delicious fresh-baked bread. Like a particularly crunchy Trojan Horse, they figured they’d be able to sneak into theContinueContinue reading “Day 311: De-Seeding”

Sometimes even after intensive A-game training, you may determine your props are simply too (er) green to make the cut. When this occurs, you have two options. Option 1 – continue the training, hoping for a miraculous turnaround. Option 2 – improvise with what you’ve got. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts   p.s. Pearl is veryContinueContinue reading “Day 310: A-Game Training, Part 2”

As a high (um) flying super(bird)model, your fans expect you to bring your A-game to every photo shoot. This is no problem if it is a “solo” shoot, of course. But sometimes you are scheduled to work with props. So you also have to arrive at every shoot prepared to do some emergency “A-game training”….just inContinueContinue reading “Day 309: A-Game Training, Part 1”

In featherless culture, it is common to explain away a less-polished appearance by saying you are having a “bad hair day.” The moment you say this, everyone shakes their head in sympathy – no explanation needed. What is lesser known is that this works just as well when you have feathers. Let’s say, for example, you areContinueContinue reading “Day 308: Bad Feather Day”

On certain rare occasions, a dignitary so important, so well-known, so beloved, comes into town that even local famous residents come calling. Some might even be asked to serve as an “honorary guard” for the visiting dignitary. This, of course, is a singular honor few beings ever receive. Author: Shannon Cutts Co-Author: Pearl Cutts  ContinueContinue reading “Day 307: VIP Guard Duty”

When you have feathers and have lived long enough among the large featherless beings, you will inevitably learn a “face plant” is something most of them try to avoid. But this (like so many other aspects of featherless culture) is just because they don’t know how to do it right. Luckily, you are on hand to offer gentle guidance whereContinueContinue reading “Day 306: Face Plant”

There is nothing like being famous and feathery to make you really treasure your down-time. So when your services are needed on an “overtime” basis, you want to make sure the compensation is well worth it. Luckily, negotiating overtime pay is easy when you make it very clear what you want. Emphasize this enough and you won’tContinueContinue reading “Day 305: Negotiating Overtime”

Being full-feathered and famously fetching can often translate into other beings wanting you to do “style consultations.” Here, their hope is to achieve a style and presentation similar to yours. However, no matter how easy and effortless you make it look, not all beings may have the ability to learn to do the same. As youContinueContinue reading “Day 304: Style Consulting”

Each flock tends to develop its own rituals concerning household meals. For instance, in one flock, “parrot lunch” may mean “lunching with parrots.” In another flock, however, it may mean “lunching ON parrots.” Eeep. 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,ContinueContinue reading “Day 303: Parrot Lunch”

When you bring beings of different species under your wing, you learn a lot about interspecies culture and communications. For instance, from your personal flock of featherless assistants, you have learned that the larger a being is, the less likely they are to ever grow any feathers of their own. You have also learned thatContinueContinue reading “Day 302: Under Your Wing”