Spend enough time as a card-carrying member of the food chain o’ life and it is easy to feel pigeonholed. No matter what you do, some beings will always just see you as supper. Other beings will think because you are short and shelled, they can pluck you out of your home and take youContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: A Standup Guy”
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Resting in Place with Malti: Shell Deep
When you are born with a shell on your back (and your front, for that matter) that is often all other beings see when they look at you. To them, you look like a rock on legs. (Although to be fair, to some of them you also look like a tasty rock on legs.) ButContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Shell Deep”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Mash Mash Baby
Not every day is going to be your favorite day ever. The good news is, there is still a lot you can do to make a bad day better. For example, you can mash something. Find something – anything – that needs a good mashing. To avoid spending the whole rest of the day deliberatingContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Mash Mash Baby”
Being Brave with Bruce: One Small Step
It doesn’t take long after emerging from your small white escape pod that you start to notice all beings didn’t get the same number of feet. Some don’t even have any feet at all. (To your mind, this doesn’t seem advantageous.) Some beings have two feet. This is a little better. But you – youContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: One Small Step”
Resting in Place with Malti: the Friends We Make
There is a reason there are so many beings on this small round blue and green planet. This way, everybody can have a friend. Not all beings are destined to get along. Some are just too hungry – every friend they meet turns into room service. Some are too sleepy – you start the meet-and-greetContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: the Friends We Make”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Nest Proofing
Into every life a little (or sometimes a lot) of rain may fall. Sometimes the rain will bring its best friend, wind. Wind may then decide to invite thunder (shudder) and lightning (no thank you). No matter how you slice it, this typically just doesn’t add up to a good time. And since the rain,ContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Nest Proofing”
Being Brave with Bruce: Love the Shell You Are In
Popping out of your small round white escape pod for the first time can be a bit of a shocker. You’ve got to get to know yourself. Take stock. Call roll. Do an inventory. So, okay. Maybe first you notice you’ve got claws. Claws are good. You have a shell on your back. Oh, andContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Love the Shell You Are In”
Resting in Place with Malti: Savor the Sweet Stuff
Sometimes the best thing about a day is that you get to wake up for it. In other words, no one sitting one rung higher up on the food chain o’ life successfully orders you for breakfast that morning. So you go out, forage around, have a wallow, have a nap, forage some more, goContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Savor the Sweet Stuff”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Sometimes You Gotta Stretch
Being full-feathered and naturally athletic and aerodynamic, you know all about the importance of stretching. Stretching accomplishes a number of important goals. For instance, when you stretch your soft grey-and-white wings, the ladybirds (and every other being) can see how cute you are. When you stretch your heart, you can find a way to welcomeContinueContinue reading “Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Sometimes You Gotta Stretch”
Being Brave with Bruce: Green Is Great
When you are born short and shelled, you spend a lot of time with green beings. This gives you an appreciation your bigger, taller planet-mates often lack. For example, green is great for camouflaging things. Things like you. Green symbolizes growth. And if you are still growing you must still be here. (As in, notContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Green Is Great”
Love & Feathers & Shells 