When you are born wearing a (cute, curved, fashion-forward) shell on your back, other beings may automatically assume you are self-contained. As a matter of fact, you are self-contained. At least in the sense that you can fit all of your self into your shell any time you want to. And sure, you enjoy yourContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Someone Who Cares”
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Resting in Place with Malti: Hunting Cactus
No being starts out being a great hunter. Right at the beginning, you are awful. You do as you think a hunter should do even though you have never hunted anything before in your life. You skulk, scope and stalk like a pro (you think), not realizing the prey can see (and hear!) you comingContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Hunting Cactus”
Resting in Place with Malti: Every Being’s Gotta Eat
If there is any piece of truly universal wisdom on this small round blue and green planet, it might just be this: Every being’s gotta eat. Reason being, eating is a great way to take good care of your (adorable, round, shelled) form. When you take in nutrients, this helps you stay safe against aContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Every Being’s Gotta Eat”
Resting in Place with Malti: Green Is Great
It has been said that it isn’t easy being green. These are potent words of truth. But then again, it isn’t easy to be brown. Or red. Or black. Or orange. Or grey and white. Which is why the place to start is always with loving the color you’ve got. When you love your ownContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Green Is Great”
Resting in Place with Malti: Happy Head Pats
Being born with a hard brown shell on your back has its pros and its cons. On the “pros” side, you have your handy “rock disguise” at the ready whenever you need it (or just want it, for that matter). On the “cons” side, other beings often assume that because you are hard on theContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Happy Head Pats”
Resting in Place with Malti: Good Big Stuff
Living life slow and low to the ground gives you a unique perspective most beings miss out on. For starters, you see – and appreciate – the small stuff. Some of it is very small stuff, indeed. But then you also get to notice how small stuff can become big stuff over time. This isContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Good Big Stuff”
Resting in Place with Malti: Nostrils of Hope
Not too many beings go through their day thinking “I make such a difference!” We just don’t tend to see ourselves that way. We feel small. Maybe we are small. And maybe we have a cute round curved shell on our backs and maybe we just feel like we do. Sometimes we may even justContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Nostrils of Hope”
Resting in Place with Malti: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
It doesn’t take much time cohabitating with an interspecies flock to notice there is one activity that is always at the bottom of everyone’s list. Waiting. No one likes it. It is annoying. Worse – it is boring. This is especially true for some of your flockmates (who may or may not have feathers andContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait”
Resting in Place with Malti: Mud Rings
If there is one thing you learn quickly when living in an interspecies flock, it is that other species can have some pretty strange hobbies. Take the large shell-less species, for instance. “Getting dark” is clearly the universal symbol for “it’s bedtime already.” Yet when it gets dark outside, they like to stay awake andContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Mud Rings”
Resting in Place with Malti: Soak Your Troubles Away
Evolutionarily speaking, it is easy to explain why nearly all beings – regardless of species – seem to so enjoy a good soak. Primordial soup. Soaking is so relaxing. You can just settle in. Take a load off. Luxuriate. But where in the past you had to share the soup pot (so to speak) withContinueContinue reading “Resting in Place with Malti: Soak Your Troubles Away”
Love & Feathers & Shells 