It is easy to get hung up on outer appearances. Maybe you have a shell and your brother has feathers and your mama has neither. And in your little flock, you are evenly split down the middle when it comes to blood temperature. At first, these differences can be disconcerting. It can be easy toContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: More Alike Than Different”
Tag Archives: covid-19
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”
Being Brave with Bruce: When You Need a Friend
Into every life some little challenges will fall. But it is the big challenges that really like to make a grand entrance. You may be just minding your own business, going about your daily life as usual, when…. WHOMP. A big ol’ challenge just plonks itself down smack-dab in front of you. Right in theContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: When You Need a Friend”
Resting in Place with Malti: the Big Chill
Even when you seem to be moving very slowly on the outside, life can still feel pretty hectic on the inside. So much change, so little time to adapt to it. In these sorts of situations, matching your insides to your outsides can take some doing. It can feel tempting to try to speed upContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: the Big Chill”
Resting in Place with Malti: Shell Deep
When you are born with a shell on your back (and your front, for that matter) that is often all other beings see when they look at you. To them, you look like a rock on legs. (Although to be fair, to some of them you also look like a tasty rock on legs.) ButContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Shell Deep”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Mash Mash Baby
Not every day is going to be your favorite day ever. The good news is, there is still a lot you can do to make a bad day better. For example, you can mash something. Find something – anything – that needs a good mashing. To avoid spending the whole rest of the day deliberatingContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Mash Mash Baby”
Being Brave with Bruce: One Small Step
It doesn’t take long after emerging from your small white escape pod that you start to notice all beings didn’t get the same number of feet. Some don’t even have any feet at all. (To your mind, this doesn’t seem advantageous.) Some beings have two feet. This is a little better. But you – youContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: One Small Step”
Resting in Place with Malti: the Friends We Make
There is a reason there are so many beings on this small round blue and green planet. This way, everybody can have a friend. Not all beings are destined to get along. Some are just too hungry – every friend they meet turns into room service. Some are too sleepy – you start the meet-and-greetContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: the Friends We Make”
Being Brave with Bruce: Love the Shell You Are In
Popping out of your small round white escape pod for the first time can be a bit of a shocker. You’ve got to get to know yourself. Take stock. Call roll. Do an inventory. So, okay. Maybe first you notice you’ve got claws. Claws are good. You have a shell on your back. Oh, andContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Love the Shell You Are In”
Resting in Place with Malti: Savor the Sweet Stuff
Sometimes the best thing about a day is that you get to wake up for it. In other words, no one sitting one rung higher up on the food chain o’ life successfully orders you for breakfast that morning. So you go out, forage around, have a wallow, have a nap, forage some more, goContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Savor the Sweet Stuff”
Love & Feathers & Shells 