The Herd
Starla
Top Pig and Zen Warrior. Often found meditating in her hut, she is ready to leap into action at any moment. She is a strict follower of Buddhist temple cuisine, and her loudest wheek is her gong strike to announce mealtime.
Stella
Stella knows how to read a room. Her lookout is the softest fleece tunnel, where she tucks in deeply enough to be nearly invisible, eyes and ears positioned just so. She emerges for Starla's dinner summons, fur fully styled, and ready to engage with lettuce.
The Boar’d of Directors
The Founding pigs who Paved the way
Tangent 1.0
AKA Bam Bam
A go-getter who opted to move on to a position with a more active role.
Meander
AKA King
A brainy pig who pursued a leadership role elsewhere after starting Tangent 2.0’s training in HR compliance.
Tangent 2.0
AKA Maple
A serial love-bomber who will seek a new opportunity after some medical R&R and sensitivity training.
Some background on their names - one of us humans suffers from insomnia and for the last decade-plus has listened to a sleep podcast called Sleep With Me, by Drew Ackerman… highly recommended for fellow insomniacs. In every one of the podcast intros, Drew mentions his talent of going on “superfluous tangents” and “pointless meanders” to help you drift off. There was no question when we got our first pair of pigs, they had to be named Tangent and Meander.