Category: Piper

As I edited stories, Piper sat on my left shoulder. I use a large spiral-bound notebook and a Sharpie (click here for And Then I Had An Inkling) to write down my changes and had picked the book up to bring it close to my face to see something I…

We turn on an audio birdy monitor every night before we go upstairs to bed so that we can hear Piper should he need us during the night. Our previous bird, Cato, a Lutino cockatiel, was prone to nightfrights, startling and thrashing around in the dark. We have never had…

Sunday mornings is when we give Piper’s mansion (we never call it a cage) a deep clean, as well as the living room where he spends most of his time. On this particular day, we had finished, setting Piper up for the day. I was working at the dining room…

I often marvel at how Piper has a sense of time, given that he lives in a human home. Sure, he can see out the window but he is not out in the world, in nature, and able to use that as a measure of the hour. Even when we…

When I saw the photo shown above the title of this story of a military jet onine, I knew what it was but all I could see was that the one wing looked like Piper’s head. While this can be attributed to my visual impairment, I think it is mostly…

It is said, and I would agree, that sharing your life with a parrot is like spending it with a toddler. Here’s the thing, though: They are also extremely intelligent; so you are constantly being outwitted by a two-year old smarter than you. Let’s throw one final component into the…

When the day is a challenge, spending time with Piper will always get me back on track.   #SisterRain #ALittleSightALotOfHeart #Piper #BirdMom #Conure #Parrot #AdoptDontShop #AHelpingWingParrotRescue

I can barely stand on one leg for any length of time without losing my balance, and the days of me being able to get my foot anywhere near my mouth are loooooong gone (although some may dispute). Piper, though, who impresses me on the daily, can do both, with…

Even the most fervent control freak (not naming names), from time to time, dreams of help with the tasks of living and working. I could not have been more appreciative for the assistance Piper gave me one day while I was writing stories. Piper’s revisions were insightful and intelligent, greatly…

Below is one of the photos that accompanied the story I shared a week ago, Two In A Million (click here) about two Cooper Hawks I met last year. When Piper graciously allowed me, once again, to use his Friday Sister Rain spot for a story about a couple of…