
The robin was the first bird I knew to name … and probably just as I was learning to talk. I imagine that is true for many of us.

The robin was the first bird I knew to name … and probably just as I was learning to talk. I imagine that is true for many of us.

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!

I’m not done with geese quite yet, but this sweet sparrow/spirit lay dead outside my studio door this morning and I owed her this note of respect…

Goose shadows are so fun…




