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How do we know we are grown up?
Bird Droppings June 29, 2026 How do we know we are grown up? I will hopefully finally be getting my old school stuff sorted through. Boxes gathered through the years of teaching and training. I will be trying to get the massive piles of boxes organized and cleaned up. I spent nearly twenty-five years teaching…
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Quietly listening to Hot Tuna and pondering the word inspiration.
Bird Droppings June 28, 2026 Quietly listening to Hot Tuna and pondering the word inspiration. Always a good feeling to be home after vacation. We had a fantastic week with our son and our grandkiddos. We never slowed down, and the week flew by. I cooked breakfast, my favorite meal, seven mornings, and made maybe…
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Can you be dreaming, imagining, thinking, ponderingAnd reflecting all in a few minutes?
Bird Droppings June 21, 2026Can you be dreaming, imagining, thinking, ponderingAnd reflecting all in a few minutes? I drove to southeast Georgia nearly twenty years ago to take my oral exams for my doctorate. This was a face-to-face follow-up with my committee of professors and, in turn, responding to my three written questions, which were…
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Sitting here pondering the reconciliation of trust
Bird Droppings June 18, 2026Sitting here pondering the reconciliation of trust I came upstairs this morning to look at my photos and write a Birddroppings. I thought back a couple of years. I was talking with my wife; she was headed to a funeral in Dublin, Georgia, for her aunt, who had just passed away.…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 