Farewell Berkeley

TOOTLES FOLKS! PEACE OUT CALIFORNIA!

So, I'm a little late. I left the West Coast 3 days ago. But nevertheless, let's have three cheers for Berkeley. HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY!

To all the good times, good friends, horrid times, and strong shoulders I was given to cry on (and hey I'm counting those virtual phone, email, and skype shoulders too)...I won't forget ya.







Next stop...CHINA (or San Clemente and LA pictures...depending on how detailed this entry becomes. :) )


p.s. A final thought...

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.



Wild Geese
by Mary Oliver