Excerpt from “The Journey,” by David Whyte

Above the mountains
the geese turn into
the light again

Painting their
black silhouettes
on an open sky

Sometimes everything
has to be
inscribed across
the heavens

so you can find
the one line
already written
inside you.

Preen

Posted on March 19, 2021November 21, 2021 Posted in Birds, iPad PaintingsTagged Day127, GeeseLeave a comment

A little under the weather today after my second vaccination yesterday…but so grateful. And a preening goose makes me feel a lot better.

Take a Bow

Posted on March 18, 2021November 21, 2021 Posted in Birds, iPad PaintingsTagged Day126, GeeseLeave a comment

After a week of the elegant blackbird, I have returned to the silly goose… who is quite elegant, too.

Overhead

Posted on February 8, 2021November 21, 2021 Posted in Birds, iPad PaintingsTagged Day88, GeeseLeave a comment

Walking home from the studio tonight a flock of Canadian geese flew overhead so low I could see the buff of their bellies and hear the synchronous swoosh of their wings. Such things make me happy to be alive…

Pigeon-toed Goose

Posted on February 1, 2021November 21, 2021 Posted in Birds, iPad PaintingsTagged Day81, Geese, gooseLeave a comment

Angel Goose

Posted on January 31, 2021November 21, 2021 Posted in Birds, iPad PaintingsTagged Day80, Geese, gooseLeave a comment

Today I graduated from the two-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program offered through the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. It has been rich, deep, rigorous – and I am grateful beyond words for the depth of practice and growth it has offered. Don’t know exactly how this quirky goose fits into it all – but she seems celebratory, so here she is!