Live amongst the large featherless species for long enough and you will notice they have some very strange flocking rituals. Take the “wingman,” for example. This is an easy one to decode…or at least it should be. Wing + man. Clearly, this term refers to you. Yet the large featherless beings seem to think itContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Waffle Wingman”
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Being Brave with Bruce: When You Need a Friend
We all need rescuing sometimes. For many of us, being rescued isn’t a once-in-a-lifetime need, either. While there is something to be said for having a well-laid plan, this can only take you so far. This is especially the case when, in the eyes of most of your planet-mates, you are exactly the right shapeContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: When You Need a Friend”
Resting in Place with Malti: Wallowing Is Wonderful
Anyone who knows anything about relaxing (which is not the large shell-less beings, to put it mildly) knows that there is nothing like a good wallow. In fact, if you look up the word “wallow,” the textbook definition is to “lie relaxed.” Secondary definitions include “to keep cool” and “to avoid biting insects” – thisContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Wallowing Is Wonderful”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Reach Out and Bite Someone
Sometimes no matter what you do – or how cute you are – life simply refuses to do what you tell it to do. You say “scratch neck feathers.” It gives you a shower. You say “bring waffles.” It brings spinach. You say “spring migration.” It brings you instructions for sheltering in place. Sheesh. IfContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Reach Out and Bite Someone”
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: Nose to Nose
When the large shell-less beings love each other, they like to do something called “dancing cheek to cheek.” Of course, when you happen to have a shell, this also means your ears and your cheeks are located in pretty much the same place, which can make hearing the dance beat tricky at best. (Never mindContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Nose to Nose”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Love Makes the World Go Round
This world serves up so many lessons even on a daily basis. It can feel unrealistic – at best – to expect to learn them all. Here, the best strategy is to just concentrate on the most important lessons. For example: “round is good.” This is an easy one. Round is clearly the best shape,ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Love Makes the World Go Round”
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”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Strike While the Waffle Iron Is Hot
The large featherless beings can have some very strange ideas about things. Take the word “waffling,” for instance. Your large featherless assistant uses this word in all kinds of odd ways. She seems to think it means “not being able to make up your mind.” You can tell because she frequently struggles from this veryContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Strike While the Waffle Iron Is Hot”
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 