Being born with a hard brown shell on your back has its pros and its cons. On the “pros” side, you have your handy “rock disguise” at the ready whenever you need it (or just want it, for that matter). On the “cons” side, other beings often assume that because you are hard on theContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Happy Head Pats”
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Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Taking a Stand
Interspecies relationships can be complicated. There are lots of reasons why. One reason is the all-too-common tendency towards using labels. “Cutest.” “Hungriest.” “Loudest.” “Fiercest.” “Snooziest.” Sure, maybe you are the cutest flock member (this being self-evident, since you are also the only flock member who is covered in soft downy feathers). But this doesn’t mean youContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Taking a Stand”
Being Brave with Bruce: Showing Your Face
Being a low, slow shelled being in a fast high world is a tall order on the best of days. Which means it is an especially tall order these days. On the plus side, you have your handy box – right up on top of your own back – if you just want to curlContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Showing Your Face”
Resting in Place with Malti: Good Big Stuff
Living life slow and low to the ground gives you a unique perspective most beings miss out on. For starters, you see – and appreciate – the small stuff. Some of it is very small stuff, indeed. But then you also get to notice how small stuff can become big stuff over time. This isContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Good Big Stuff”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Waffle Watcher
When you live in an interspecies flock, and you are all cooped up together because some (alleged) infectious particles have gotten loose and are on the lam, it is nice to find some hobbies you can all enjoy doing together. Take “watching,” for example. Many different species have something they enjoy watching. So you canContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: The Waffle Watcher”
Being Brave with Bruce: Power Claws
Life is full of surprises. Some surprises are good – great, even. Some surprises are not so great. Some surprises are just terrible – wildly infectious and oh-so-confining – the exact opposite of what you ordered. When a surprise arrives that you really don’t like, then you need to know where to go to complain.ContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Power Claws”
Resting in Place with Malti: Nostrils of Hope
Not too many beings go through their day thinking “I make such a difference!” We just don’t tend to see ourselves that way. We feel small. Maybe we are small. And maybe we have a cute round curved shell on our backs and maybe we just feel like we do. Sometimes we may even justContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Nostrils of Hope”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Calling for Backup
Sometimes – and no matter how cute you might be – life just happens. You specifically ordered your day to go one way. It goes someplace else. As the flock “alpha,” of course you are not going to stand for this type of behavior. So you run after it. Shriek loudly at it. Give itContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Calling for Backup”
Being Brave with Bruce: Shades of Brave
If you are a being who has survived living in a hostile or scary or unsafe environment, other beings often label you as “brave.” And this is true. It takes a great deal of brave to survive losing your birth territory, being harassed by big hairy drooling fanged creatures, and getting passed from one homeContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Shades of Brave”
Resting in Place with Malti: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
It doesn’t take much time cohabitating with an interspecies flock to notice there is one activity that is always at the bottom of everyone’s list. Waiting. No one likes it. It is annoying. Worse – it is boring. This is especially true for some of your flockmates (who may or may not have feathers andContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait”
Love & Feathers & Shells 