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I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.

The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey have always been to me a subject of great interest, especially as by means of them I have found myself enabled to distinguish one species from another, to the farthest extent of my power of vision.

I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys.

My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.

I can meditate anywhere, anytime, even whilst talking to you.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

But I deal with this meditating and by understanding I've been put on the planet to serve humanity. I have to remind myself to live simply and not to overindulge, which is a constant battle in a material world.