Morgan Detering

South for the Winter

This morning, as I stood in my kitchen looking out across the valley and into the strips of blue sky that were slowly broadening their wings, I began to tap into the many birds chugging along at their own morning routine. This has begun to be quite a habit of mine. But today, it felt somehow a little more powerful than usual. As I stood in utter stillness and contemplation, a massive formation of geese came into view in a perfect and glorious “V.”