John 
While watching a nature documentary with my son the other day, it moved to a section about birds and how the males are generally the ones that do all the singing. There are a lot of reasons they do so, but mostly they’re trying to attract a mate. There are some exceptions, like robins, which … Read more
I let my son stay up late recently and watch a scary movie. He’s getting to be old enough now, and he’s always been pestering me to let him. So, I thought why not? Ever since then, he’s been really interested in ghosts, and whether or not they’re real. I’ll withhold my own view on … Read more
I was out at the supermarket with my son the other day when he started asking me about all the varieties of orange. There is a lot, and sometimes it can be difficult to know which one is which. Our cockatiel loves oranges, he told me, but he had never tried a mandarin before and … Read more
I was eating my breakfast the other day at the kitchen table, and the moment I peeled my banana, my cockatiel emerged apparently out of nowhere and was looking intently at my yellow fruit. I could sense what it wanted from me, but I wasn’t willing to share—this was my banana, and I wanted it … Read more
I was baking a cake the other day and my cockatiel seemed very interested in what I was doing the whole time. I needed to get him out of my hair while I was busy, so I decided to give him a strawberry in the other room to keep him busy. He had never eaten … Read more
I was wandering round the farmer’s market recently when I saw an absolutely amazing stall with all different varieties of watermelon. The man selling them knew everything about watermelon, and I had no idea there was even this much to know about the fruit. Naturally, I bought a few, and when I got home, I … Read more