I like to count my parrot blessings every single day. Because my adopted human family understand that I need to be at the heart of their family life. Otherwise, I could so easily feel lonely and forgotten. As it is, I know that I’m very much valued, loved and appreciated. Not everyone is so fortunate. Many folk go through life feeling very lonely. And loneliness can be like a toothache of the soul, flaring up, and relentlessly gnawing away at us inside. And that’s why some fo

My owner had a surprise the other day. He went to use the mop and bucket in the kitchen, and there, in the bottom of the bucket, nestling up to the mop head, was a small bat. And a very comatose bat at that. It was in a state of semi-hibernation, hidden away from the rain and the cold and everything else that bats don’t like. There are probably a lot of humans right now that would feel envious of that bat. The nights are getting longer; the days are getting colder. And Covid1