Bearnacle bear

The butterflies’ journey

Day ten of Inktober. Today’s prompt is nomadic. After a challenging night of stormy weather and no sleep, Baby Bear rolled awake and rubbed his eyes. He wondered if the events of the previous night had actually been real or if it had all been a bad dream. He looked in the direction of the […]

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It’s the journey, not the destination…

Baby Bear and his parents and the other bears are on their journey, their pilgrimage to the mountains. At first, Baby Bear was excited to be given his name, to have an identity that matched his dreams and to find his future. As the hike continued, Baby Bear began to understand that it was each

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A visit to Wolf Nation

Today is day seven of Inktober and of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Today’s prompt is passport. Imagine if you had to get permission to visit the lands of mammals and insects and birds and the waters of the fish. Imagine if the animals themselves gave you permission to visit them. And imagine visiting them and

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Getting ready for the trek

(It’s day six of Inktober, and the prompt for today is “trek.”) It was the night before the Long Trek to the Mountains, which was when the Bears gathered to sing, dance, tell stories and to give names to the babies that had been born since the last Trek. The Trek didn’t occur every year

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The adventure of a little bear…

before he became bearnacle bear, the seafaring bear Today is the first day of the October Ultimate Blogging Challenge. This blogging challenge occurs quarterly. It is also the first day of Inktober. I have to admit that I have completed the Ultimate Blogging Challenge a few times, but I have never completed Inktober. So… it’s

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