If there is one thing you learn quickly when living in an interspecies flock, it is that other species can have some pretty strange hobbies. Take the large shell-less species, for instance. “Getting dark” is clearly the universal symbol for “it’s bedtime already.” Yet when it gets dark outside, they like to stay awake andContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Mud Rings”
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Being Brave with Bruce: A Foot Up
It can be quite the adjustment to go from a mostly solitary life to living in the heart of an interspecies flock. Needless to say, making the transition can take some time. At first, you may be tempted to just hide, hide, hide. After all, it has (mostly) worked well for you so far….at leastContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: A Foot Up”
Resting in Place with Malti: Soak Your Troubles Away
Evolutionarily speaking, it is easy to explain why nearly all beings – regardless of species – seem to so enjoy a good soak. Primordial soup. Soaking is so relaxing. You can just settle in. Take a load off. Luxuriate. But where in the past you had to share the soup pot (so to speak) withContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Soak Your Troubles Away”
Being Brave with Bruce: Mountain Climbing
Sometimes you might wake up and be really in the mood to do some mountain climbing. You are full of vim and vigor. Bring it on! You were born to summit. But then again, a mountain might arrive at just the wrong moment – such as during your winter brumation or when you are inContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Mountain Climbing”
Resting in Place with Malti: Dining In
After a long day, there is no doubt it can be nice to do something called “dining out.” In this scenario, all you have to do is get yourself to the table and chew. Another being does the rest of the heavy lifting (not to mention the scrubbing and rinsing). But then a bunch ofContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Dining In”
Being Brave with Bruce: Sheltering in Place
There are moments in life where you are raring to go and life…well…isn’t. Maybe it is the height of the warm (hot) season and you couldn’t be more excited about looking for love, filling your belly and making your way in this small round blue world. Then suddenly you are told to do something calledContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Sheltering in Place”
Resting in Place with Malti: FaceTime with Friends
Life with an interspecies flock means you always have something to learn….and you also always have something to teach. For example, you may notice that occasionally your large shell-less flock mates do come up with a good idea. Take “FaceTime,” for instance. The concept is sound. You have a face and you want to talkContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: FaceTime with Friends”
Being Brave with Bruce: Living the Good Green Life
“Good life” means different things to different beings. If you are a large shell-less being, perhaps living a good life means you survived another day on the lam from a certain set of highly infectious microscopic particles. Or it might mean you return home that night to discover your (wine) glass is half-full yet again.ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Living the Good Green Life”
Resting in Place with Malti: the Doorway of Hope
To be born small and shelled is to be born slow and delicious. There is no better (um) recipe for hope than this one. Every day, you hope to eat and not be eaten. Every night, you aspire to snooze and not be seen. In summer, your goal is to stay cool, while in winter,ContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: the Doorway of Hope”
Being Brave With Bruce: A Time to Step Up
There are days when it is a good day to hide. Such as the day you wake up to (are woken up by) the shrieks of the hungry hawk babies in the tree next door as they scream for their breakfast. Which, in turn, attracts the feline from one house over – a furry, fangedContinueContinue reading “Being Brave With Bruce: A Time to Step Up”
Love & Feathers & Shells 