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The Ancient and Esteemed School of Goose Mind.

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( DRAFT ONLY  If you came here by accident please return in a week when a real launch will occur.) I have been watching geese once and a while for the last three years, and they have given me a solution to one of the biggest philosophical questions of our generation: do people think?  And if they do, why are we so damned thoughtless? Goose watching is fun.  Do it with or without a camera.  Spend some time.  Find a good spot, where the gaggles doze, preen, interact at regular times of the day.   One becomes two. My education started during a migration snafu when the weather stayed too cold too long, and successive waves of migrations up the Mississippi flyway got into a traffic jam in Minneapolis. Our local lake became a festive mass of species, making the most of the open water, waiting for the lakes further north to open to their breeding needs. When I finally had taken all the standard goose shots, I left the camera in the wayback and just watched t...