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Coco Calling No.286 - In Search of Christmas Spirit
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

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Dec 31, 20253 min read


Coco Calling No.285 - Christmas By Numbers
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

Coco
Dec 19, 20251 min read


Coco Calling No.245 - Christmas Gifts!
We’re now a week past Christmas Day, and I hope you all had a wonderful time. I certainly did! A couple of my regular blog readers sent...

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Dec 31, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.244 - The Most Joyous Day
So how do you feel about today? It’s Christmastime, and we parrots absolutely love it! We love all the sparkly lights, especially when we...

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Dec 25, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.271 - New Year’s Day or Christmas?
A couple of days ago, I went to sleep on my perch like I normally do. But something very strange occurred during the night. For when I...

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Jan 3, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.269 - At the Very Heart of Christmas
I LOVE Christmastime because there is something very special about it. And I’m not talking about fairy lights, presents, or parrots that...

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Dec 20, 20232 min read



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Dec 13, 20230 min read


Coco Calling No.222 - Wonderfully Brilliant Chaotic Perfection!
Although some of these words could be used to describe my feathery appearance, (minus the ‘chaotic’ of course!), this title’s not about...

Coco
Dec 29, 20223 min read


Coco Calling No.221 - Seeing Through the Fog
It’s been really cold recently and we’ve even had snow. We just don’t get that sort of thing in deepest Senegal, so I had to follow the...

Coco
Dec 20, 20223 min read


Coco Calling No.220 - It’s Advent!
I always think that humans should get a whole lot more excited than they do about the season of Advent. After all, the word “Advent”...

Coco
Dec 12, 20222 min read


Coco Calling No.177 - Santa and Jesus
A few days before Christmas, my owner popped into our local supermarket to purchase a final few items which would be needed over the...

Coco
Jan 4, 20223 min read


Coco Calling No.176 - The Most Reliable Thing at Christmastime
Have you noticed how humans come up with all sorts of strange ideas? I say “strange” as opposed to “clever” because some of their...

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Dec 22, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No.174 - Finding Jesus at Christmas
We parrots love the story of the nativity. Not only is it a very happy story, but it also includes lots of animals. There are the farm...

Coco
Dec 8, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No. 130 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. It’s Christmas!!
It’s almost Christmas Day! My owner’s got all of the Christmas lights up, and I’ve got my very own “parrot grotto” effect over my side of...

Coco
Dec 24, 20202 min read
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