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  • Crow Does… Endings

    Crow says: 'Haha! I'm off...I wish I could fly...oh look, I can! Caw!'
    Crow says: 'Haha! I'm off…I wish I could fly…oh look, I can! Caw!'

    Hello, I’m Crow and sometimes I turn up at Richard’s workshops, which is fun for me and gets some interesting reactions from people. I like to help humans develop their presentation skills, or challenge some of their thinking styles and if I squawk, well that’s just me being friendly, as I’m a happy sort of bird. Richard is taking a break for three weeks and has asked me to stand in and say something interesting. He claims that he’s in the garden ‘thinking great thoughts’, but personally I think he’s just asleep. Oh well, anyway, here goes my blog…

    Well hello there humans and it’s my last week of standing in and quite frankly I’m amazed how much fun this blogging lark has been. (Unlike actual larks, who are no fun at all; smug birds with their Vaughan Williams music and all that). When Richard asked me to write something I was like all ‘no way man’ and like ‘but I’m a bird’ and all that sort of thing.

    But now I’ve had a go and have realised, that despite the lack of opposable thumbs, I’ve enjoyed it.

    Thinking is good and playing is good (do have a look at the other weeks if you missed them) and reflecting on them made me realise that sometimes you have to end things (or let go of a bit of baggage) in order to begin new things.

    In my case I’ve ended my blogging ignorance and now I quite like this kind of thing. (Don’t tell Richard though, as he’ll get me on it every week and right now my beak needs a break).

    So as the summer holidays come to an end and we all turn our wings towards the rest of the year I thought I’d invite you to think about this question:

    What do you need to end, or pause, or let go of, in order to create some space to begin something new?

    I know that’s a thoughtful question, but then again, unless you’re a pigeon (why are they so silly?), you can cope with it.

    How did I do? That’s three weeks of typing, not bad for a mere bird! I’m off now for a rest and to work up the outline of my new book called ‘Pigeons: Why?’  …It could be a blockbuster….

  • Crow Does… Playing

    Crow says: 'Oi! Stop working and go play!'
    Crow says: 'Oi! Stop working and go play!'

    Hello, I’m Crow and sometimes I turn up at Richard’s workshops, which is fun for me and gets some interesting reactions from people. I like to help humans develop their presentation skills, or challenge some of their thinking styles and if I squawk, well that’s just me being friendly, as I’m a happy sort of bird. Richard is taking a break for three weeks and has asked me to stand in and say something interesting. He claims that he’s in the garden ‘thinking great thoughts’, but personally I think he’s just asleep. Oh well, anyway, here goes my blog…

    When did you last have some crowtime? You know, when you skipped off work and took an hour in the bird bath to fluff up your feathers and get rid of all the grit. Well, I ‘spose that as you’re a human you don’t need to keep your feathers in good shape do you? I mean it’s not like you can fly or anything is it?

    But I was thinking about what to write this week and then I thought – no – I will go and play for a while. So I’ve sneaked Richard’s copy of ‘The Battle of Britain’ into the dvd player and have decided to avoid any work and will just stop and play today. And I’ve bet the stupid pigeon who lives on the roof that the British will win again! Caw! Pigeons are so ignorant.

    So before I go off to watch the film and then collect my winnings I have a question for you:

    What will you do to take care of your feathers this week?

    How was that? I think I’m getting the hang of this, although my beak can’t take much more pounding on the keyboard for now. Next week I might write about ‘pigeons and why they’re so dumb they sleep in the road’, but then again I might not.