Memories of Anna Burns

Sarah Goff

2025, Ludlow, MA, USA

Annaversary Rainbows in the Trees

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One of the inspirations on the race course. One of the inspirations on the race course. One of the inspirations on the race course.

Sarah Goff

2025, Amherst

Anna September Memorial 2025

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Sarah Goff

Please join us to remember Anna on September 13, 2025. We will do our usual hike out to Rattlesnake Know ... Read more Please join us to remember Anna on September 13, 2025. We will do our usual hike out to Rattlesnake Know and back with those who... Read more Please join us to remember Anna on September 13, 2025.... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Amherst, MA, USA

Oil Painting by Haydn

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Sarah Goff

Anna's friend Haydn brought us this wonderful gift last week. Using a photo taken by Megan, Haydn painted... Read more Anna's friend Haydn brought us this wonderful gift last week. Using a photo taken by Megan, Haydn painted this incredible oil ... Read more Anna's friend Haydn brought us this wonderful gift ... Read more

Matt Burns

Beautiful, glad it helps you feel Anna's presence. Beautiful, glad it helps you feel Anna's presence. Beautiful, glad it helps you feel Anna's presence.

Darcey Cusick

What a beautiful gift! What a beautiful gift! What a beautiful gift!

Meg Robertson

Oh how beautiful! ❤️ Oh how beautiful! ❤️ Oh how beautiful! ❤️

Sarah Goff

2025, Amherst

Anna's Redbud Thrives

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Sarah Goff

The redbud we planted on Anna's birthday in 2023 seemed to have potentially been succumbing to some form ... Read more The redbud we planted on Anna's birthday in 2023 seemed to have potentially been succumbing to some form of soil based fungus ... Read more The redbud we planted on Anna's birthday in 2023 seemed... Read more

Matt Burns

Beautiful ❤️ Beautiful ❤️ Beautiful ❤️

Sarah Goff

2025, Pacific Ocean

Anna Surfing

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Sarah Goff

I had been in the air flying out of Auckland for several hours when the clouds below really started to look... Read more I had been in the air flying out of Auckland for several hours when the clouds below really started to look like snow fields with... Read more I had been in the air flying out of Auckland for several... Read more

Susan Szimonisz

beautiful vision. I've often thought the clouds are so spectacular, how can there not be some sort of life... Read more beautiful vision. I've often thought the clouds are so spectacular, how can there not be some sort of life experience happening... Read more beautiful vision. I've often thought the clouds are... Read more

Meg Robertson

What a beautiful vision xo What a beautiful vision xo What a beautiful vision xo

Danna Park

Oh, love this. How wonderful to have experienced Matariki as part of your moving forward towards home, then... Read more Oh, love this. How wonderful to have experienced Matariki as part of your moving forward towards home, then to have a powerful... Read more Oh, love this. How wonderful to have experienced Matariki... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Waimapihi Reserve Highbury Road, Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand

The Kākā

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On my first day in New Zealand, I was on my back deck and heard parrot sounds above. I looked up and saw a handful of pretty large, cool looking birds flying above and was delighted. I found out they are kākā - they are cheeky playful birds that in Māori legend they have traits of leadership and a strong voice. I knew there was a reason I liked them and they made me think of certain traits of both Anna and Ian. On my last day in NZ, I went for a last run with a friend on the trails I ran on most days of the week right near my house. It was a really rainy day and right as we entered the trails we saw a large bird hopping around just ahead of us. It was a kākā! I have heard but never seen one back on those trails. This one just kept looking at us, then hopping around just ahead of us. Then flew up to eye level in a small tree and did its quirky moving itself around by its beak and claws, digging for insects, looking at us. I think it may have been Anna saying hello, I have been here with you this whole time, Mom, and I will miss Aotearoa too,  but we will both leave part of us here.

On my first day in New Zealand, I was on my back deck and heard parrot sounds above. I looked up and saw ... Read more On my first day in New Zealand, I was on my back deck and heard parrot sounds above. I looked up and saw a handful of pretty large,... Read more On my first day in New Zealand, I was on my back deck... Read more

Danna Park

Oh so wonderful and powerful to have this occur right before your leaving. Beautiful! Oh so wonderful and powerful to have this occur right before your leaving. Beautiful! Oh so wonderful and powerful to have this occur right... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington, New Zealand

Matariki and Pōhutukawa

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Matariki, the Māori New Year, was celebrated this weekend, the winter solstice weekend. Matariki marks  when the Matariki star cluster rises, with some considering Matariki, the central star, the mother, with the surrounding stars representing her children. Pōhutukawa is a star in the cluster, thought to represent Matariki's oldest child and also represent those who have died.  The three major principles of Matariki are remembrance — honoring those who have died since the last rising of Matariki; celebrating the present — gathering together with family and friends; and looking to the future — looking forward to the promise of a new year. There was a beautiful celebration on Wellington's Waterfront Thursday to Friday this weekend and I went Friday night.  Part of the ceremonies the event included was a Pōhutukawa bonfire where people could write the names of people they have lost and/or notes to them. The slips of paper then get burned in the bonfire and sent up to the stars. I wrote to Anna and it made me think of our winter solstice traditions. Several years we made oragami canoes with messages on them for the New Year that we floated in the pond behind our house at night and set on fire. Anna was very interested in spiritual practices that connect directly with the natural world and respect for it, such as wicca and many indigenous practices, such as those of the Māri. It was a beautiful night, probably about 60 degrees, unlike our winter solstice, and it was really nice to be with Anna along the waterfront with a large number of people honoring the people they have lost while treasuring those with them in the present and meditating on the future.

Matariki, the Māori New Year, was celebrated this weekend, the winter solstice weekend. Matariki marks when... Read more Matariki, the Māori New Year, was celebrated this weekend, the winter solstice weekend. Matariki marks when the Matariki star... Read more Matariki, the Māori New Year, was celebrated this weekend,... Read more

Matt Burns

I can see why this meant a lot to you. Thanks for the story. Have a safe trip home next week. I can see why this meant a lot to you. Thanks for the story. Have a safe trip home next week. I can see why this meant a lot to you. Thanks for the... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Allentown, PA, USA

ARHS GxVU at Ultimate National High School Invite

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Ultimate Frisbee was a special home for Anna - spirit of the game, a place you could literally throw yourself... Read more Ultimate Frisbee was a special home for Anna - spirit of the game, a place you could literally throw yourself into the game, and... Read more Ultimate Frisbee was a special home for Anna - spirit... Read more

Darcey Cusick

That mud was absolutely next level, just like this team! The grit and determination of the entire team was... Read more That mud was absolutely next level, just like this team! The grit and determination of the entire team was just incredible. Anna... Read more That mud was absolutely next level, just like this ... Read more

Meg Robertson

Aw I just LOVE that they bring Anna's jersey with them! So much heart. Anna worked so hard to rebuild Gx... Read more Aw I just LOVE that they bring Anna's jersey with them! So much heart. Anna worked so hard to rebuild Gx Ultimate after COVID... Read more Aw I just LOVE that they bring Anna's jersey with them!... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington, New Zealand

Anna and a Jar of Nutella

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Sarah Goff

I had an apple with Nutella tonight and took some spoonfuls of just Nutella in honor of Anna B. Images of... Read more I had an apple with Nutella tonight and took some spoonfuls of just Nutella in honor of Anna B. Images of their legs draped over... Read more I had an apple with Nutella tonight and took some spoonfuls... Read more

Danna Park

There’s something so quintessentially “teen” about that image! Simple pleasures, home, knowing they are ... Read more There’s something so quintessentially “teen” about that image! Simple pleasures, home, knowing they are loved…wonderful! There’s something so quintessentially “teen” about ... Read more

Sarah Goff

Thank you Danna. Thank you Danna. Thank you Danna.

Meg Robertson

What a great image of them :) What a great image of them :) What a great image of them :)

Sarah Goff

2017, East Coast Somewhere

Birthday on the Boat on the Long Sail

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Sarah Goff

Today is Anna's birthday and I spent some time looking through birthday pictures. They nearly all have Anna with a big giant smile. I chose this one because this was a birthday celebrated on our sail home up the East Coast near the end of our Caribbean sailing adventure. The photo made me think about Anna's sense of wonder - delight at swimming with sea turtles, trying to coax tarantulas out of their burrows with a blade of grass, chewing on sugar cane. It also made me think about their cool headed pragmatism, also exhibited often. Anna Ian and I were staying in Fajardo in Puerto Rico for a few days while Stephen sailed north with a friend of ours on a leg that was multiple days at sea. Anna Ian and I had gone out to dinner and there had been heavy rains that day and it was still raining. We didn't know about local flooding and we were driving on a pitch dark deserted road when I drove into a flooded section unwittingly. I saw the high water on one side of the road and was terrified, thinking we might get swept away or stalled. I started to back up and Anna, calm as can be in the back seat, said something like, "You got this mom. I'm watching the river on this side and I will tell you if you are getting close. Just go slow." Has always been a terriffic travel companion.

Today is Anna's birthday and I spent some time looking through birthday pictures. They nearly all have Anna... Read more Today is Anna's birthday and I spent some time looking through birthday pictures. They nearly all have Anna with a big giant smile.... Read more Today is Anna's birthday and I spent some time looking... Read more

Matt Burns

Thanks for sharing your memories of Anna’s birthday. Hope you guys have a good day 😊 Thanks for sharing your memories of Anna’s birthday. Hope you guys have a good day 😊 Thanks for sharing your memories of Anna’s birthday.... Read more

Darcey Cusick

Great memory! Sending hugs.🥰 Great memory! Sending hugs.🥰 Great memory! Sending hugs.🥰

Sarah Goff

Thank you Darcey! Thank you Darcey! Thank you Darcey!

Danna Park

Hi Sarah- I woke up this morning to Anna’s birthday on my phone calendar- thinking of you and surrounding... Read more Hi Sarah- I woke up this morning to Anna’s birthday on my phone calendar- thinking of you and surrounding you with so much heart... Read more Hi Sarah- I woke up this morning to Anna’s birthday... Read more

Sarah Goff

Thank you so much Danna. Thank you so much Danna. Thank you so much Danna.

Meg Robertson

Oh how I love this photo!
And what a memory of Anna's steady head, fearlessness!
Sending love Oh how I love this photo!
And what a memory of Anna's steady head, fearlessness!
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Sarah Goff

2017, Fajardo, Puerto Rico

The Flood

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Sarah Goff

Fearless Anna. Fearless Anna. Fearless Anna.

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington, New Zealand

Love Languages

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Sarah Goff

As Anna's birthday approaches, I think even more about the many things we shared. I think it is safe to say... Read more As Anna's birthday approaches, I think even more about the many things we shared. I think it is safe to say that food and feeding... Read more As Anna's birthday approaches, I think even more about... Read more

Sarah Goff

Belchertown Beach

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Sarah Goff

May continues to be almost as hard as September. It was Mother's Day in NZ today and lots of Anna thoughts.... Read more May continues to be almost as hard as September. It was Mother's Day in NZ today and lots of Anna thoughts. A few days ago I was... Read more May continues to be almost as hard as September. It... Read more

Lisa Zephyr

Of course they stood up to those being unkind, Anna knew kindness and spread it all around, even still, though... Read more Of course they stood up to those being unkind, Anna knew kindness and spread it all around, even still, though cherished memories... Read more Of course they stood up to those being unkind, Anna... Read more

Matt Burns

Thanks for sharing your memory, it definitely shows Anna's spirit. I hope you guys are all doing well and... Read more Thanks for sharing your memory, it definitely shows Anna's spirit. I hope you guys are all doing well and we can see you all when... Read more Thanks for sharing your memory, it definitely shows... Read more

Danna Park

Hi Sarah,
Was thinking of you on Sunday during Mother's Day and surrounding you with care from afar! Love... Read more Hi Sarah,
Was thinking of you on Sunday during Mother's Day and surrounding you with care from afar! Love this story and that... Read more Hi Sarah,
Was thinking of you on Sunday during Mother's... Read more

Sarah Goff

Thank you Danna for your very kind words. And to Matt and Lisa - it means a lot. -Sarah Thank you Danna for your very kind words. And to Matt and Lisa - it means a lot. -Sarah Thank you Danna for your very kind words. And to Matt... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Amherst Invitational Ultimate

Anna Cheers the Ultimate Teams On at AI

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Sarah Goff

I woke up this morning to a text from Addie. While they were setting up the fields for the annual Amherst... Read more I woke up this morning to a text from Addie. While they were setting up the fields for the annual Amherst Invitational for ultimate... Read more I woke up this morning to a text from Addie. While ... Read more

Matt Burns

Great pic and a wonderful memory 😊 Great pic and a wonderful memory 😊 Great pic and a wonderful memory 😊

Sarah Goff

Thank you Matt! Thank you Matt! Thank you Matt!

Sarah Goff

And guess which team won the tournament and is headed to Nationals? Amherst GxVU!! And guess which team won the tournament and is headed to Nationals? Amherst GxVU!! And guess which team won the tournament and is headed... Read more

Haydn Reilly Hogan

Sitting in a cafe thinking about and missing Anna, especially this month. I look over and see this book in the kids section. Hi Anna!

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Sarah Goff

Hayden, this was an amazing find. Otters and love. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you sharing this!... Read more Hayden, this was an amazing find. Otters and love. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you sharing this! Hayden, this was an amazing find. Otters and love. ... Read more

Sarah Goff

2022, Northampton, MA, USA

Anna's Intensity

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Sarah Goff

I think of Anna every day and have a sort of running film in my head. When it's ultimate season there are... Read more I think of Anna every day and have a sort of running film in my head. When it's ultimate season there are a lot of ultimate action... Read more I think of Anna every day and have a sort of running... Read more

Matt Burns

Definitely shows her spirit! Definitely shows her spirit! Definitely shows her spirit!

Sarah Goff

2025, Amherst, MA, USA

Anna Would Be Furious

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Sarah Goff

I received a notice of termination of one of my NIH grants last Friday - the focus was mental health services... Read more I received a notice of termination of one of my NIH grants last Friday - the focus was mental health services for LGBTQIA+ youth.... Read more I received a notice of termination of one of my NIH... Read more

Amy Kalman

We are with you, Sarah. Feeling grief and fury. Grateful for your important work and for our community near... Read more We are with you, Sarah. Feeling grief and fury. Grateful for your important work and for our community near and far that resists... Read more We are with you, Sarah. Feeling grief and fury. Grateful... Read more

Ginny Hamilton

I am furious with them. And you. Been thinking of you as these cuts came through.

Here's a short piece... Read more I am furious with them. And you. Been thinking of you as these cuts came through.

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Meg Robertson

Yes they would be furious! I am! So sorry about your grant funding. :( Yes they would be furious! I am! So sorry about your grant funding. :( Yes they would be furious! I am! So sorry about your... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington, New Zealand

A Visitor

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Sarah Goff

I got back from a four day trip, dropped my bags inside and went to pick a few lemons from the lemon tree... Read more I got back from a four day trip, dropped my bags inside and went to pick a few lemons from the lemon tree in the front yard. When... Read more I got back from a four day trip, dropped my bags inside... Read more

Matt Burns

What a great story, thanks for sharing this...........miss you guys. What a great story, thanks for sharing this...........miss you guys. What a great story, thanks for sharing this...........miss... Read more

Darcey Cusick

What a wonderful visit. ❤️ What a wonderful visit. ❤️ What a wonderful visit. ❤️

Sarah Goff

Thank you both! Thank you both! Thank you both!

Meg Robertson

Wonderful visit! And I swear that cat has an Anna-ish expression... Wonderful visit! And I swear that cat has an Anna-ish expression... Wonderful visit! And I swear that cat has an Anna-ish... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington

Remembering Anna's Beautiful Food Creations

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Sarah Goff

I made myself a yummy and kind of pretty bowl of pasta with shrimp sautéd with garlic, red pepper flakes,... Read more I made myself a yummy and kind of pretty bowl of pasta with shrimp sautéd with garlic, red pepper flakes, tomato and spinach. ... Read more I made myself a yummy and kind of pretty bowl of pasta... Read more

Meg Robertson

Sending love Sending love Sending love

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington, New Zealand

Zoo

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Sarah Goff

I am usually not a huge fan of zoos, but I ended up at the Wellington Zoo this week. I was delighted that... Read more I am usually not a huge fan of zoos, but I ended up at the Wellington Zoo this week. I was delighted that they had otters - one... Read more I am usually not a huge fan of zoos, but I ended up... Read more

Luke litchfield

Hi Sarah! Thinking of you and Anna and your family. I hope you’re having a really spectacular adventure in... Read more Hi Sarah! Thinking of you and Anna and your family. I hope you’re having a really spectacular adventure in NZ!!
Shoot me a text... Read more Hi Sarah! Thinking of you and Anna and your family.... Read more

Sarah Goff

Thank you so much, Luke. I am sorry to hear that you have lost some of your favorite people. It is really... Read more Thank you so much, Luke. I am sorry to hear that you have lost some of your favorite people. It is really really hard. NZ is great... Read more Thank you so much, Luke. I am sorry to hear that you... Read more

Meg Robertson

How totally wonderful - patting each other even! Really very much like The Five. xo How totally wonderful - patting each other even! Really very much like The Five. xo How totally wonderful - patting each other even! Really... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Mt Kaukau Summit Hike — Simla Crescent Trailhead Simla Crescent, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand

Mt. Kaukau

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Sarah Goff

Last weekend I went for a hike up a mountain that's about a 15 min drive from my house that I was told had... Read more Last weekend I went for a hike up a mountain that's about a 15 min drive from my house that I was told had great views. They were... Read more Last weekend I went for a hike up a mountain that's... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, New Zealand

The Kākā Bird

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Sarah Goff

There is a nature preserve not too far from where I am living in New Zealand called Zealandia. They have ... Read more There is a nature preserve not too far from where I am living in New Zealand called Zealandia. They have a major focus on presrvation/conservation... Read more There is a nature preserve not too far from where I... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington

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Sarah Goff

I think about Anna first thing most mornings when I wake up. This morning I was thinking about the early ... Read more I think about Anna first thing most mornings when I wake up. This morning I was thinking about the early stages of planning this... Read more I think about Anna first thing most mornings when I... Read more

Melissa Greenspan

I’m glad to hear that you are in New Zealand for 5 months. Such a beautiful and friendly country. And what... Read more I’m glad to hear that you are in New Zealand for 5 months. Such a beautiful and friendly country. And what a good time to not... Read more I’m glad to hear that you are in New Zealand for 5 ... Read more

Sarah Goff

2025, Wellington Honiana St

Front garden

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Sarah Goff

There is so much opportunity for nature photography here - they would have loved that too. There is so much opportunity for nature photography here - they would have loved that too. There is so much opportunity for nature photography... Read more

Sarah Goff

As I prepare to head to NZ for 5 months, Ian Stephen and I decided to do our sometimes tradition of burning the Christmas tree in the snowy yard. Both Anna and Ian love this - a little subversive, a suggestion of danger, a little bit pagan maybe, and somehow very satisfying. Right now fire and the torched trunk of the balsam fir feels like a metaphor for much in our lives - climate change, political change, families' lives changed by fire - literal and figurative. I was reminded though, as we stood in the back yard with the embers and a crystal clear cold sky full of stars, of how our family has watched the regrowth following terrible forest fires in Rocky Mountain National Park over the years. It takes a while, but green emerges from the ash, then a host of wildflowers, so sturdy and gorgeous, and the trees do come back, eventually.

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Love this! What a great tradition and very evocative of Anna energy in the world.
Have a great trip- I’ll... Read more Love this! What a great tradition and very evocative of Anna energy in the world.
Have a great trip- I’ll miss you! Love this! What a great tradition and very evocative... Read more

Danna Park

So so true…..Will be thinking of you on your NZ travels- safe journey! So so true…..Will be thinking of you on your NZ travels- safe journey! So so true…..Will be thinking of you on your NZ travels-... Read more

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