The Gosling, Recap

“He was found fluttering in a panic among the sagebrush, a soft yellow and grey ball of fluff.  Where were his parents?  His brothers and sisters?  How did he get there, in the middle of a vast sagebrush field?  A strange and lonely place for a baby water bird.  It was very hard to give him up, that sweet soft little thing trilling contently, burrowing into my neck and hair.  I would have loved to develop a relationship, learn deeply about wild geese,  have a friendship and companionship that would have enriched my life.  But it was not my place.  He had a right to be with his own kind, to take his chance in the wild, developing his goose-ness to the fullest extent possible.  I had a family crisis and had to leave.  With a kiss I handed the baton to Vittoria at Earthfire to follow up on a wild-goose parent adoption.  To be continued…”

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