There are moments in life where you are raring to go and life…well…isn’t. Maybe it is the height of the warm (hot) season and you couldn’t be more excited about looking for love, filling your belly and making your way in this small round blue world. Then suddenly you are told to do something calledContinueContinue reading “Being Brave with Bruce: Sheltering in Place”
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Resting in Place with Malti: FaceTime with Friends
Life with an interspecies flock means you always have something to learn….and you also always have something to teach. For example, you may notice that occasionally your large shell-less flock mates do come up with a good idea. Take “FaceTime,” for instance. The concept is sound. You have a face and you want to talkContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: FaceTime with Friends”
Cuteness for Comfort with Pearl: Waffle Wingman
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”
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”
Happy Day O’ Independence from Love & Feathers & Shells
When you are just a chick and your bullying flockmates bite off your left wing tip and three of your eight powerful sharp curved talons, independence becomes kind of a thing. You had it when you were born. But now you don’t have it. You can’t fly like the other birds. You need help toContinueContinue reading “Happy Day O’ Independence from Love & Feathers & Shells”
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”
Love & Feathers & Shells 