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Don’t crossword puzzles take some time?
Bird Droppings June 3, 2026Don’t crossword puzzles take some time? Towards the end of teaching my last college history class, one of my students was working on an assignment and had to define “bias”. She was unsure which definition was correct and asked for my opinion. I explained that historical bias is that of the…
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Are we missing Creativity?
Bird Droppings June 2, 2026 Are we missing Creativity? Today was another quiet morning; as I wandered out and about, birds hiding from view were already calling—the crickets and frogs, as always, a beautiful chorus for the morning awakening. Yesterday, several tree frogs visited our back porch, hiding under pots and a baseball cap. The…
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Bird Droppings May 30, 2026 Taking small steps is a key component of patience “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How many times are we told, “take your time”? So often in life, we are anxious to finish the job or get…
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Wind in the trees seems to quiet the mind.
Bird Droppings May 28, 2026Wind in the trees seems to quiet the mind. After several days of heavy rain, I am sitting at my computer, thinking back to three years ago, when several storms swept through the area. Just before I went to bed, according to the weather, we would get another storm during the…
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Should we plant annuals or perennials?
Bird Droppings May 27, 2026Should we plant annuals or perennials? “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” Peter Drucker I have read so many times that education should be about teaching lifelong learners. Sadly,…
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Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big?
Bird Droppings May 25, 2026Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big? The past few days have been slow for sunrises, with clouds and fog nearly every morning. Somehow, between the clouds and even in the fog, I have found images worthy of a photo. Finding the tiny pieces within our existence is…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 