The daily meanderings of a teacher

Month: November 2010

  • Molding our day and proceeding with life

    Bird Droppings November 15, 2010 Molding our day and proceeding in life Morning is a special time a beginning of sorts for each day. For me several aspects of taking our dog out, sitting down, writing and reading have in many ways become a significant part of my day. I walked out this morning and…

  • Perhaps a vision walking in the moonlight

    Bird Droppings November 14, 2010 Perhaps a vision walking in moonlight As I walked out in the morning, the moons glow lit the area. While only just a small part of the moon it was still a beautiful picture presented. There was a sense of light about as I stood looking around, thinking as I…

  • Learning the art of flying

    Bird Droppings November 12, 2010 Leaning about the art of Flying! Once upon a time, that line has started so many stories in my day that perhaps it would be a good way to start today. My youngest son would offer, back in the day, as one of his favorite sayings relating to anything past…

  • Gratitude is action as well as words

    Bird Droppings November 11, 2010 Gratitude is action as well as words Most mornings I am driving to my other school at this time of day and while I can see the sunrise it is different when you can sit and watch and listen to the awakening of everything. I was sitting facing east to…

  • Sometimes we breath a sigh of relief

    Bird Droppings November 10, 2010 Sometimes we can offer a sigh of relieve A semester is nearing the end and my daily commute to another high school will end. But it is a relief. While I have really enjoyed the class students and teacher I am working with it adds an hour or so to…

  • Can we add color to a gray world?

    Bird Droppings November 9, 2010 Can we add color to a gray world “Stress is the body and mind’s response to any pressure that disrupts its normal balance. It occurs when our perceptions of events don’t meet our expectations and we don’t manage our reaction to the disappointment. As a response, stress expresses itself as…

  • A path to the top

    Bird Droppings November 8, 2010 A path to the top Sitting in my kitchen I was too lazy to take my computer upstairs this weekend and listening to a great horned owl calling outside. For several days I have been slowed down by a respiratory infection and literally spent most of Friday evening through this…

  • Not wanting to leave anyone behind

    Bird Droppings November 7, 2010 Wanting to not leave anyone behind “I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve the social problems…

  • What was he really trying to say?

    Bird Droppings November 5, 2010 What was he really trying to say? “Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.” Alexander Hamilton As I looked through news this morning many of the situations go back to…

  • It is so much more than just living

    Bird Droppings November 4, 2010 It is so much more than just living “The peril we face today does not come from such differing philosophies of how to serve as stewards of the earth, but from the failure to exercise control over how we act upon those philosophies. If the preservation and sustenance of the…