When you are born wearing a (cute, curved, fashion-forward) shell on your back, other beings may automatically assume you are self-contained. As a matter of fact, you are self-contained. At least in the sense that you can fit all of your self into your shell any time you want to. And sure, you enjoy yourContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Someone Who Cares”
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Resting in Place with Malti: Hunting Cactus
No being starts out being a great hunter. Right at the beginning, you are awful. You do as you think a hunter should do even though you have never hunted anything before in your life. You skulk, scope and stalk like a pro (you think), not realizing the prey can see (and hear!) you comingContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Hunting Cactus”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Using Your Voice
When you are a very small feathered being in a very big world, sometimes you may feel like you struggle to be heard. Sure, you have a strident (resonant) shriek. But then again, so do the enormous h.a.w.k.s. from one tree over. Still, you have things to say. Important things. Things other beings need toContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Using Your Voice”
Being Brave with Bruce: Home Together
It is true that beings with shells tend to be homebodies. And thank goodness for it, when you are (quite literally) appetizer-sized and every other being around you is keen for their three squares a day just like you are. In other words, in a big, wild, hungry world, it can make smart survival senseContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Home Together”
Resting in Place with Malti: Every Being’s Gotta Eat
If there is any piece of truly universal wisdom on this small round blue and green planet, it might just be this: Every being’s gotta eat. Reason being, eating is a great way to take good care of your (adorable, round, shelled) form. When you take in nutrients, this helps you stay safe against aContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Every Being’s Gotta Eat”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be the Light
Darkness happens. But it doesn’t only happen at night, when it is wonderful and helps you get your cuteness-enhancing beauty rest. Sometimes darkness also happens during the daytime. When this happens, it can sometimes get to your (large, featherless) flockmates. Luckily, this is also when all that cuteness-enhancing beauty rest really pays off. You canContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Be the Light”
Being Brave with Bruce: Sharing Your Shell
When you’ve never known life without having a shell of your very own, it is hard to imagine what it might be like not to have one. Right from birth, your shell has been your refuge. It is there whenever you need it. Tired? Cold? Scared? Just sit down, pull in and your shell’s gotContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Sharing Your Shell”
Resting in Place with Malti: Green Is Great
It has been said that it isn’t easy being green. These are potent words of truth. But then again, it isn’t easy to be brown. Or red. Or black. Or orange. Or grey and white. Which is why the place to start is always with loving the color you’ve got. When you love your ownContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Green Is Great”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Molti-tasking
When you are a card-carrying member of the food chain o’ life, multi-tasking is just one of your many super powers. “Staying alive” is, of course, your number one super power. But this is not to steal limelight from your many other super powers, such as sleeping with one eye open, shrieking up to 123ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Molti-tasking”
Being Brave with Bruce: Love Lifts You Up
There is something to be said for being very short, silent and shelled. You can slip under the radar, so to speak. And when you have the good style sense to select a “survival-friendly” camouflaging shell color like, say, olive, this ability is amplified. Other beings – especially the very large, loud, shell-less ones -ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Love Lifts You Up”
Love & Feathers & Shells 