Something I’ve noticed about humans is their ability to achieve remarkable things when everything seems to be stacked against them. To...

I rather like today’s blog title because it could easily describe me! You don’t have to be a large Amazon or a dashing Macaw to have good...

Humans sometimes look at me and ask: “How can that bird be so happy?” And I can see why. Because I have no real power or status. My home...

During lockdown, I’ve enjoyed reading a collection of Aesop’s Fables. Lots of his fables feature animals, so I feel represented. And they...

It’s raining again. Thick grey clouds have shut out the Summer sun. And the world continues to feel like a very troubled place…… Covid...

Sometimes, things don’t work out in quite the way we had planned. Take, for example, this kitchen, where I spend a large part of my day....

Some time ago, in one of these blogs, I quoted the saying of a wise old Chinese parrot. He said: “A wise parrot never gnaws the perch on...

One effect of the Coronavirus is that it’s made lots of us more aware of our own mortality. Of the fragility of Life. None of us know for...

All living things have been entrusted to mankind for safe-keeping. (Genesis 2:15). Myself included. That’s quite a thought, isn’t it? I...

I’m not really a great fan of human politicians, but there is one in particular, who has recently caught my eye. And that might be...

I normally like to open these blogs with a spot of parrot humour and frivolity. But as things have become so difficult for human beings...

How quickly things can change in life. Especially if you’re a human being. Because humans have all kinds of sophisticated systems and...