Being small and slow and shelled, many other beings automatically assume you don’t know how to do tricks. Their eyes, always scanning the near horizon for things to see and do, pass right by you without a second look. Their loss. The truth is, not everyone has the eyes to see your smarts, your strength,ContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Little Tortle Bubble”
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Resting in Place with Malti: A Couch Potato A Day
Just like each being has their own unique personality, so too does each day have its own unique way of being. Some days are oh-so-active days – all go, no stop, eat it all, check it all off the list. And then there are the other days. Thank goodness. You know it is going toContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: A Couch Potato A Day”
Resting in Place with Malti: Practicing Patience
Being born slow and low to the ground is no guarantee of patience. The only way you get that is to work for it. Even worse, patience can be oh-so stealthy and elusive when it wants to be. Which can be really annoying until you remember your secret weapon. “Cuteness.” Even patience can’t resist aContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Practicing Patience”
Resting in Place with Malti: the Chill Zone
You don’t have to spend many days on this small round blue and green planet before you figure out that every day is different. Days, like beings, have their own unique personalities. One day might be bubbly, zesty, all about celebrating and snacking and socializing. The next day might be totally different, clogged up withContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: the Chill Zone”
Resting in Place with Malti: Champion Rester
From the outside looking in, resting looks so easy. Like anyone could do it. But you know what they say about those who make something look easy. They are the pros. A champion rester will never let on all the heavy lifting and hard work that goes on “behind the scenes,” so to speak, ofContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Champion Rester”
Resting in Place with Malti: Take Shelter
Each day has its own energy, its own rhythm, its own personality. In fact, it could be said that a day itself is as alive as the beings living it! For instance, there are days when you just feel like roaming. You have all this energy zinging through you and you want to go hereContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Take Shelter”
Resting in Place with Malti: Letting the Love In
When you first pop out the top of your small round white escape pod, you get so much attention. So much love. Everyone “oohs” and “aahs” over how cute you are, how pint-sized and perfect. You get lots of lap time. Photo moments. The freshest and best of everything. Then you get bigger. And bigger.ContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Letting the Love In”
Resting in Place with Malti: A Raspberry A Day
There are days when everything just flows. You keep to your set schedule. Those check-marks next to all those to-do list items keep piling up. You feel on top of it all. And then there are the other days. You know the ones. You want them to end but they can’t seem to get enoughContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: A Raspberry A Day”
Resting in Place with Malti: Stand Up Tall
When you are lucky enough to be born with four short legs (instead of, say, two tall legs), you master “walking” pretty much right away. Before you’ve even hardly exited your small round white escape pod, you are walking like a pro. Go you! But “standing,” well, that is another matter. Maybe you don’t wantContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Stand Up Tall”
Resting in Place with Malti: Have a Berry Good Day
Not every day is going to deliver sunshine and smiles perfectly on command. Sometimes you just have to make your own. Here, it helps to have a list of your favorite things handy. Reason being, if you don’t know what makes you happy, it is harder to turn your frowns upside down. It is alsoContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Have a Berry Good Day”
Love & Feathers & Shells 