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I think it is funny that unwoke folks used “pronouns” first.
Bird Droppings April 25, 2024I think it is funny that unwoke folks used “pronouns” first. One of those days yesterday, and a word caught my attention as I was listening to a friend talk. The word was them. I never realized the extent of prejudice till a pronoun was used. Such words as they, them,…
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I was quietly listening to Hot Tuna and pondering the word inspiration.
Bird Droppings April 24, 2024I was quietly listening to Hot Tuna and pondering the word inspiration. It has been some time since I was made aware of Hot Tuna’s band. Sitting here listening to their music takes me back to 1973 or 4 in Macon, Georgia, and the fellow I went to school with. We…
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Eating some leftover chicken parmesan and thinking about the circle of life
Bird Droppings April 23, 2024 Eating some leftover chicken parmesan and thinking about the circle of life A couple of days ago, I made a huge pan of chicken parmesan and had plenty of leftovers. So I am sitting at my computer working on my Birddroppings and dissertation, eating some. Several things have led me…
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Being reborn is listening with the heart
Bird Droppings April 22, 2024 Being reborn is listening with the heart So often in life, we hear words, rationalize those utterances, develop an opinion, and then logically state a response. I returned to a conversation discussing existentialism with my granddaughter one night nearly twelve years ago as she cooed and babbled, trying her best…
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Is curriculum sacred?
Bird Droppings April 21, 2024Is curriculum sacred? My wife and I have been talking about taking a few days hiatus to head to the South Carolina coast with no schedule and little baggage. Just a spur-of-the-moment trip. I was thinking about our last crazy trip, which included a nursery or two, tourist traps, museums, and…
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My friend Trooper pondering, remembering and digesting the stories.
Bird Droppings April 19, 2024My friend Trooper pondering, remembering and digesting the stories. My youngest grandson turns four today, and my wife and I were talking about Facetiming later with Henry. I was outside today dodging raindrops, getting some photos, and grabbing a biscuit from the corner store. Now, sitting quietly makes you think, remember,…
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Bird Droppings April 17, 2024 I am eating some leftover chicken parmesan and thinking about the circle of life. I made a huge pan of chicken parmesan a few days back and had plenty of leftovers. So I am sitting at my computer working on my Birddroppings and dissertation, eating some. Several things have led…
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Can we find Truth in an untruthful world?
Bird Droppings April 16, 2024Can we find Truth in an untruthful world? For the third or fourth time, I reread a book titled Every Day is a good day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women by the late Wilma Mankiller. Mankiller was the past Chief of The Cherokee Nation and a Native American Activist, author, lecturer,…
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Making a difference each day
Bird Droppings April 12, 2024 Making a difference each day “Dialogue is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world” Paulo Freire A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century used the term dialogue in his writing. As I read a bit…
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I’m not too fond of shopping, but I like Kroger.
Bird Droppings April 11, 2024I’m not too fond of shopping, but I like Kroger. About ten years back, I spent nearly a week using ice packs as heat extractors for my computer until getting the fan fixed. It was interesting. Two similar thoughts came to me this morning as I started the day out. One…