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Green Bay, Wisconsin, is cold. Did Lombardi ever wear gloves?
Bird Droppings January 27, 2026Green Bay, Wisconsin, is cold. Did Lombardi ever wear gloves? “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.” Vince Lombardi It has been a few days since I used a Lombardi quote. It could be the temperature in the teens got me thinking about Lombardi. Years…
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Maybe some snow and ice and silence
Bird Droppings January 23, 2026Maybe some snow and ice and silence “I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are, for the most part, more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” Henry David Thoreau, Solitude, Walden, 1854 There has been an attraction…
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Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching and heart
Bird Droppings January 22, 2026Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching and heart I seldom have a difficult time sleeping. I crashed the other night after a long day of cleaning up after my grandkids and a long week getting stitches out and closure on my surgery, and trying to keep up with my…
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Why should there be no teasing?
Bird Droppings January 19, 2026Why should there be no teasing? “Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, and is it true, does it improve on the silence?” Hindu proverb So, I often speak first and clean up afterward, simply walking away, leaving whoever I am conversing with confused. I have a…
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Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education, along with switchbacks.
Bird Droppings January 15, 2026 Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education, along with switchbacks. In years past, before my son got married and took Timber with him, I sometimes miss waking up to our dog barking because he needed to…
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Wind in the trees can be peaceful or bring fear.
Bird Droppings January 13, 2026Wind in the trees can be peaceful or bring fear. I was sitting at my computer, thinking back to three years ago, when several storms had come through the area. Just before I went to bed, according to the weather, we would get another storm during the night. My granddaughter was…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 