Image by Tutanchamun from Pixabay Hello everybody! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, full of Christmas Spirit. And some of you more discerning humans may wonder what I mean by that, because apparently, there is no universal definition for the phrase ‘Christmas Spirit.’ But I think there should be, because there was a whole lot of Christmas Spirit going on in the little Devon village where I live. It all began with a tragedy. A lady who was one of the leading ‘human c

Image by Tutanchamun from Pixabay Parrots can be great talkers. But today, I don’t need many words for my Christmas message. In fact, just a few words and some numbers. Yesterday One baby. One stable. One star. One little town called Bethlehem. Three wise men travelling. Perhaps 20 shepherds gasping in amazement. Maybe two dozen angels rejoicing in the sky. Possibly 100 of Herod’s soldiers searching for the baby. Today 33,000 Christian denominations around the world. Over 37

I’ve noticed how humans like to build some very large structures. Yes, as chicks, -or should I say children, -they’re often given a Lego set, to hone their skills and learn the basic art of construction. So that by the time they fledge into adulthood, they’re capable of putting up things like cathedrals. In fact, there are a great many cathedrals across this land in far flung places such as Liverpool, London, Canterbury and York. And I mustn’t forget Salisbury Cathedral which