Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for December 06, 2020

That rock knows too much:-(.

Now Phoebe knows the feel of being stuck staring at something.

Phoebe built up that immunity long ago. It’s possible the Shield never actually touched the rock.

Any chance that’s the same rock that hit Marigold when they first met? Talk about irony.

The Shield of Boringness sure works wonders, does it not?

“Smiling Rock” sounds like the name of a little town in Northern California where aging hippies hang out.

And Phoebe takes her first step on the long road to becoming a Geologist.

Amazon rock.

Stoned again!

So unicorns are prone to getting trapped by their reflections, while Phoebe instead gets trapped by smiling rocks.

Time to start to collect rocks.

See, I just don’t buy it—maybe a kid could get used to a unicorn because kids are always on to the next thing, maybe her mythical magnificence would become somewhat pedestrian by the addition of leg warmers and a scarf… but I still look at my horse in wonder every day, and it’s been 14 years, and he’s (probably) just a horse. Granted, sometimes I wonder how he has made it this far given his tendency toward calamity, but still. Wonder.

Hey, we gotta temper that vanity of yours somehow, Marigold…

She must watch Professor Nick Zentner’s online lectures….

She’s built up an immunity to the Unicorn-19 virus.

are we sure the rock wasn’t just shipped by Amazon?

I understand Phoebe completely. Most of my immediate family is fascinated with rocks. Starting with my maternal grandfather, my mother, my little sister, me, and my daughter. I don’t know if any of my sister’s 3 kids or 6 grandkids are interested in rocks. And it doesn’t have to be a semi-precious stone – just one that looks pretty, or is an interesting shape, or feels good in the hand, or just … I don’t know … calls to us? My mom had a large metal trash can under her porch FILLED with all kinds of rocks. When she moved, we all went thru it and took out what we wanted and my sister took the rest. We are just weird, I guess. LOL

Im always fascinated with rocks

It’s a piece of amazonite.

Don’t worry Marigold. A rock can’t outsparkle you. You are much more glamorous.

If she can get used to unicorns, she can get used to anything.

I’m a bit disappointed that for all the silliness and puns, no one had commented that it was already covered that Marigold no longer used the SHIELD OF BORINGNESS with Phoebe, yet here she acts like she does…

grr..i don’t have a SINGLE piece of galenite…

who wants to go/take me to malibu?