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Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share

During some seasons each year, many beings feel pressured to feel grateful. Like, it’s “Thanks-giving.” Ummm…..yup. But gratitude isn’t like that. It doesn’t show up on command. You can’t just belly up to the bar and say, “I’d like the gratitude on tap.” Feeling gratitude can sometimes actually take more work and more effort when the days get shorter,ContinueContinue reading “Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share”

Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Moss

When Malti was just a teensy tort (which seems like forever ago but was really only a scant handful of double-digit months), her favorite hobby was hiding. She liked hiding even more than she liked eating, which is frankly hard to believe now. Her favorite hiding place was anywhere there was a big pile ofContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Moss”

Wednesday’s Precious Pearl Moments

When you are petite and precious and covered with soft downy feathers, you can forget all about privacy and personal space. Everyone wants to be near you….especially your doting large featherless assistant, who can’t seem to string two seconds together without grabbing the small rectangular flashing device and pointing it right at you. But whoContinueContinue reading “Wednesday’s Precious Pearl Moments”

Monday Happys: Bring a Friend to Work

Big or small, short or tall, young or old, rich or poor, feathered or featherless, there is so much happiness to be found in this world. And since Monday is the most stressful day of the week for many featherless beings (on account of something called “work”), Pearl figures it is also the perfect dayContinueContinue reading “Monday Happys: Bring a Friend to Work”

Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Safety Checks

When you are a homo sapiens, you have four seasons (at least in theory if you’re living in the south): spring, summer, fall and winter. When you are a box turtle, you also have four seasons: spring, estivation, fall and hibernation. During two of your seasons, you will be out and about, active, eager toContinueContinue reading “Bruce Explains Box Turtles: Safety Checks”

Friday’s Better With Feathers

Feathers make everything better. For starters, you no longer need your alarm clock to get up in the morning. Also, victuals are more delectable….if there are any left by the time you get to try them. Then there is the joy of realizing how much better home furnishings look with a little judicious “remodeling.” AndContinueContinue reading “Friday’s Better With Feathers”

Thursday Self Esteem with Pearl

When you are naturally very fetching and feathery, self esteem and self love comes so easily. For those rare moments of doubt, you can always count on your large featherless assistant, who dives for the small rectangular flashing device every time you do…well, anything. One snap and a flash later and – oh, that’s right! IContinueContinue reading “Thursday Self Esteem with Pearl”

Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share

It isn’t always easy to spot gratitude, which likes to sneak up on beings and surprise them from out of nowhere! If gratitude did have feathers, it would likely be an owl, gliding in silently without even a shadow or a whispered heads-up. But that is also what makes gratitude so wonderful, because you can’tContinueContinue reading “Tuesday Gratefuls: Pearl & Shannon Share”

Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Smarts

One thing I’ve learned daily since bringing Malti home almost four and a half years ago is that she has endless curiosity. Redfoot tortoises are really smart! I know this from my own firsthand experiences with Malti, and I also know this because the science people say it is so. My girl can do everythingContinueContinue reading “Malti Explains Redfoot Tortoises: Smarts”