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October 14, 2023

Nanu Nanu!

"Wherever we go, we are friends" -Sloth and Manatee

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How do you say Hi? Do you give a little wave? Are you a hugger? Do you have a special voice you use like a Muppet?

Brainwaves cartoon depicting cave people holding the first meeting

Sloth and (Moon)atee

Sloth and Manatee and their microscopic friends are following a long line of rocks on the Moon, hoping to find something/someone interesting at the end. But along the way it looks like they missed a greeting from the rocks themselves...

Sloth and Manatee comic in which a group of rocks attempt to say hello

I do hope they come back, don't you?


Meeting and Greeting, Ocean Edition

Sloth and Manatee are experts at getting to know whoever or whatever they meet. It all starts with their greeting...

Sloth and Manatee comic in which the friends meet a sea otter
Sloth and Manatee comic in which the friends meet a blue whale
Sloth and Manatee comic in which the friends meet a frog in a swamp

That last fellow is the Frog of Knowledge from the first book - that's one deep frog.


This may not look exactly like a meeting or a greeting, but whenever near the beach it is nice to think, "Hello, ocean." Also, that plane is going somewhere, saying goodbye and hello at the same time.


Why are there so many cave people involved this week?

No idea.


And Now for Something Completely Different

Inktober continues, and I am definitely losing my train of thought.

Prompt 8 is "Toad" which made me think Toad - Tarot - Toad - Tarot and also that frogs and toads have magical powers.

Toad Tarot

If you are familiar with Tarot cards, the Magician comes equipped with all the major tools - swords, cups, wands, coins. It is the first card in the deck, and a card of infinite possibility.

Prompt 9 is "Bounce," so here's what happened, which was the OBVIOUS choice:

Inktober 9, Bounce

And finally, Prompt 13 is "Rise," in which Magic Space Frog rises above our beautiful Earth. May everything move toward peace in all ways everywhere.

You can follow along with the Inktober nonsense on Instagram.


Best of Brainwaves Volume One Creeps Closer...

Proof approved, first copies ordered. It'll be in the shop as soon as I get em! SUPER SECRET: It's already up on the Amazon machine. You can get it there. Shh. Hasn't appeared on Bookshop yet, but I'll let you know. Free copies for folks who'd be willing to post and/or write reviews. Yes yes!

Brainwaves Volume One Front Cover

A popular way for people to buy Sloth and Manatee books is to gift them to someone and have me write a note in there. Is there someone out there who could use something sweet to read?

Sloth and Manatee Books

Order sign-able books here!


Okay that's enough nonsense for now.

Mork Greeting

May you say hello to a friend, may you meet someone new, won’t you be my neighbor?

-Betsy


    HELLO AND THANKS FOR READING!!

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