Bird Droppings April 7, 2010 Listening for natures call Lately as I venture out in the wee hours of the morning whip o wills are calling. It has been a few years since I heard them with such regularity. They seem to start after midnight and go till nearly dawn. With a dense stand of…

Bird Droppings April 6, 2010 Take just a moment One of the biggest news stories back about three years ago during March Madness was the dethroning of a shock jock by his broadcasting company for slandering through his use of derogatory language. Thinking back I posted several notes on my graduate school discussion that night…

Bird Droppings April 5, 2010 It is about tomorrow Last Friday midst the various children passing through my room a discussion about how we view the future began in earnest. My contention was we modern folk do not look beyond this current moment very often. We tend to focus literally on now. I thought back…

Bird Droppings April 2, 2010 Finding where community exists As I approached the end of my doctorial course work I was involved in a class on Educational ethics which featured nine texts all of which had an under lying current of caring and relationships as keys to education or I should say to successful teaching.…

Bird Droppings April 1, 2010 Seeking peace “In this week of great destruction, we must each choose what road we are to walk and live. The road of destruction is war, it has always been so. The road of creation is deeper and more complicated; it has always involved forgiveness, love, light, prayer, and spirit.…