Beast-Parents Day: Mothering

Like some of us human "Giants," not all Beasts have mothers.

(Beasts and other Magical Beings, apparently, aren't always created in quite the way we "Giants" are.) 

This is not to say Beasts don't have parents. But, rather than being born to them, Beasts have to find them. Or be found by them.

And they are very good at that. They find Mothers in many places:

In Nature:

In Art:

And in one another. For they Mother very well. 

They offer comfort...

They teach valuable lessons...

They listen...

...and sometimes offer advice...

...or support...

...or just love. 

They find good books...

...and read them aloud...

...and in the scary parts...

...they offer a helping hand.

When their friends fall...

 ...they try to be there to catch them...

...and if they can't, they help them up.

They give love and care to us human "Giants," too...

They harvest healthy wild foods...

And they honor their Mother...

...the Earth.

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The Beasts and Beings

Send special Mothers' Day love to human "Giants"...

Who are motherly, whether mothers or not...

Who wish they were mothers...

and

Who miss their mothers.

The Beasts are BACK!!!

The Beasts and Beings have been having adventures without us the past few months. (They said some other "Giants" photographed them in their travels and promised to send copies. If we ever get these pix, I will post them.)

The Beasts decided they wanted to be here for the glorious spring. (And of course we are very glad to have them back!)

Friend, in particular, was excited to greet the return of some of his perennial pals.

 

He looks forward to their re-emergence every year...

...and enjoys watching them grow...

...and GROW!

Beastly spring, all!

Decking the Beastly Halls

TROLL 

the ancient 

Yuletide carol!

 

 

Thankful Beastly Day

To the Beasts...

...every day

 is Thanksgiving Day!

They wish us all a Thankful Day

and a Beastly Feast!

Beastly Night!

Tonight is a night of shadows...

 

 A time to embrace the dark... 

It can be fearful, it can be fun--

This journey on which we embark.

Tonight is a night for Shadows.

If we dare look...

...what worlds can be seen!

Beasts say, "Dance with and Honor our Shadows!"

On this Samhain and Halloween.

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The journey can be fearsome, but in the end...

We may find a Shadow can be a Friend.

MONSTER Sale!!!

Burlie was "helping" me drive. 



Suddenly, he yanked the wheel. 

I had to brake sharply. Before I could chide him about Safety, he was gone. Then I saw what had grabbed his attention:

And there he was...

PROTESTING!

(Ever since the Beasts Occupied Wall Street, Burlie has been given to "Occupying" anything he doesn't like. He used to just punch people.)

He climbed atop the sign...

...and raged:

"Monsters have Rights!
They are Living Beings!
Just like us Beasts!
Just like you Giants!"

[By "Giants," he of course meant us humans.]

"They can't be SOLD, like things!"

He went on, quite eloquently, about "Giants" enslaving and selling all manner of Beasts and Beings--even Giants enslaving other Giants. 

I NEVER would have gotten him away if I hadn't told him he had misunderstood the sign...

...that it was the MONSTERS
 who were doing the selling.

That cheered him up.

 And we were back on the road.

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You may think he is a Monster--
Though he's not, he doesn't mind.
Beasts know we're all united.
They await true Human Kind.