One thousand Canadian Geese (I’m not exaggerating) living on a small man-made pond in a condo area does not bode well for silence or solitude, not to mention the simplicity problem. That was the scene I encountered on my walk this weekend. Even if at that given moment, when they were on the ground and not cawing away, I just knew that these geese were waiting to explode into some bad song and dance.
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know how I believe that the sounds of nature can radiate a sense of silence and solitude--a feeling of calm, a mood of wonder and awe. Nothing like a song bird in a nearby tree accompanying me in my solitude, and keeping the silence from turning into loneliness. It’s going to take a miracle, however, for me to find silence, solitude or simplicity among the geese.
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know how I believe that the sounds of nature can radiate a sense of silence and solitude--a feeling of calm, a mood of wonder and awe. Nothing like a song bird in a nearby tree accompanying me in my solitude, and keeping the silence from turning into loneliness. It’s going to take a miracle, however, for me to find silence, solitude or simplicity among the geese.