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Coco Calling No.166 - When Life and Death is in Your Hands
My owner’s always a busy fellow. Autumntime is when he goes around the garden (and up a ladder on the side of the house) cleaning out all...

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Oct 13, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No.165 - The Passing of Nanna
It’s not been an easy time for my human family over the last couple of weeks. Nanna, who lived on the other side of our house slipped...

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Oct 5, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.164 - The “Junk” Within Our Inner Minds
Compared to humans, I have quite a small head. But I still like to think that there’s a lot packed into it! Because parrots just like...

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Sep 1, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.163 - What’s In an Egg?
Just over 21 years ago, I emerged from an egg measuring no more than 2.5 inches long and about an inch wide. I have always found it very...

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Aug 24, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.162 - Our Kitchen Horror Movie
Now we’re getting towards the end of the Summer, there’s an awful lot of flies about! It’s one of the downsides of living out in the...

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Aug 17, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.161 - In Our Own Little World
The other day, I was sitting by the computer putting the finishing touches to my forthcoming book. (It’s a lengthy old business when you...

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Aug 11, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.160 - A Tale of Two Celebrities
My owner has recently been on a visit to the Isles of Scilly situated some thirty miles off the tip of Cornwall. And on one particular...

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Aug 3, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.159 - Lost and Found
My human family, like many others, is very good at mislaying things. And this is particularly true of nanna who lives on the other side...

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Jul 28, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.158 - The Mess in My Water Pot
Each day, my owner gives me a pot of clean water. He has to throw the old water out onto the back lawn because it’s too messy to pour...

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Jul 21, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.157 - The Paradox that’s All of Us
I’ve sat on this perch on many occasions and bowed my head in shame. And it’s all because I don’t always practice what I preach. I...

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Jul 13, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.156 - Shaped, Moulded and Changed
Humans are often surprised when they learn about the longevity of parrots. I’m a millennium bird so that makes me 21. Senegal Parrots are...

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Jun 29, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.155 - In Search of Happiness
One of the reasons why a lot of humans like parrots is because we are so bright and cheerful! You could call us extraverted bundles of...

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Jun 22, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.154 - The Force of Goodness Inside Us All
Last Saturday, my owner went to a friend’s funeral. And funerals are occasions that can cause all kinds of different emotions to swirl...

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Jun 16, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.153 - Love and Grief
Every living creature here on Earth will experience both life and death. It’s all part of a kind of “predetermined package.” And the more...

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Jun 9, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.152 - A Matter of Life and Death
When I look out of the kitchen window, I get a nice view of the village where I live together with its small church. It’s all set within...

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Jun 2, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.151 - Transforming Lives
I’ve noticed how the humans in my local area are starting to wake up from their state of semi-hibernation. A lot of humans have been...

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May 25, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.150 - A Parrot’s Guide to Pentecost
I love my human owner and his family. Over the last 20 years, I’ve developed a very special relationship with them all. We share a mutual...

Coco
May 19, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.149 - Digesting the Bible
My human owner often likes to read and inwardly digest his Bible. I’m very similar except that I like to gnaw my Bible first before doing...

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May 12, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.148 - Putting the “C” Into Christianity
During the last few days I’ve been thinking very deeply. Yes, I’ve been gently rocking on my perch in quiet cogitation. Thinking about...

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May 4, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.147 - Caught Between Good and Evil
I wonder how “good” I really am? I have my faults I know, but do you think I’m good enough to please my Creator in Heaven? Or are there...

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Apr 27, 20213 min read
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