The daily meanderings of a teacher

Month: July 2011

  • Getting Ready

    Bird Droppings July 31, 2011 Getting ready “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I walked early this morning just before…

  • Doing what you love is not work

    Bird Droppings July 29, 2011 Doing what you love is not really work “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham It seems I learn something every day as I wander about the internet and books I find along the way. My life’s journey the…

  • Is the moon setting while the sun is rising?

    Bird Droppings July 27, 2011 Is the moon setting while the sun is rising?             I left the house relatively early for my summer normal schedule. But had places to go and things to see just didn’t know what for sure. As I left the house several rabbits and birds either ran or flew across…

  • Success is the journey not the destination

    Bird Droppings July 27, 2011 Success is the journey, not the destination My mother called me on a Saturday several years back all excited as she was listening to one of my father’s speeches from back in the day. I could hear my father’s booming speaking voice in the back ground from the tape recording.…

  • Far too many see the world with a narrow lens

    Bird Droppings July 25, 2011 Far too many see the world with a narrow lens I have been driving and vacationing for three days which is odd for me to not sit and get in some mediation and writing. I briefly had time to download a few photos with the hectic schedule we kept since…

  • An eclectic morning

    Bird Droppings July 21, 2011 An eclectic morning “Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” Mahatma Gandhi It has been a few years since I watched an episode of Star Trek actually it may have been one of the movies. Mr. Spock has interfered…

  • Hearing an owl

    Bird Droppings July 19, 2011 Hearing an owl “If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.” W.…

  • How do we measure a man or woman?

    Bird Droppings July 19, 2011 How do we measure a man or woman? So many times in life over the years I have seen and heard others talk of others both good and bad. In a high school rumors run rampant literally all the time. Gossip is a way of communicating for teenagers I believe.…

  • I wonder if you can get moon burn trying to get pictures of moonflowers?

    Bird Droppings July 17, 2011 I wonder if you can get moon burn trying to get pictures of moonflowers I was up early in the morning taking the dog out and remembered I had several blossoms opening on my datura plants, jimson weed or moonflower. This flower only opens for one night and only at…

  • A lone lightening bug doesn’t leave an easy trail to follow

    Bird Droppings July 16, 2011 A lone lightening bug doesn’t leave an easy trail to follow I was reading last night and a blog reminded me of my own thinking so many years ago. I recall sitting in an apartment alone waiting for the morning so I could go to work, alone in the dark.…