Bird Droppings June 30, 2020 Teaching and or 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu I walked in the house from running a few errands and after unloading my car, swam about a half mile and sat down to write. I will be missing out this year on my first day of school teaching…

Bird Droppings June 29, 2029 Life is making a quilt It was thirteen years ago today my wife walked in and told me that my mother said this was to be a happy time a joyous occasion as we celebrated my father’s life. She said I think we are even having a snow cone machine.…

Bird Droppings June 28, 2020 Amazing how intertwined the strands of life really are I was asked at dinner one evening when did I start teaching and I responded at age twelve. The group I was with was thinking I was being my typical sarcastic self. Then I explained I started teaching swimming with my…

Bird Droppings June 27, 2020 Teaching can be successful As I do on many mornings when I get the time I try and find a quiet spot to ponder a few minutes, this morning I was sitting calling to the cardinals with my Audubon app on my phone. Developers have purchased the former bank owned…

Bird Droppings June 24, 2020 Seeking a destination whiling traveling life’s journey “Life is about the journey not the destination; we don’t know what tomorrow brings” Steven Tyler, AEROSMITH Every once in a while I get totally amazed, and as I was driving from point A to point B not going on vacation yesterday I…

Bird Droppings June 23, 2020 Standing in line at Kroger always thinking about teaching I am always looking for coincidence. This could be why so often I find it just about anywhere. It might be walking in my yard and seeing an owl sitting in a tree, or standing in line at an odd hour…

Bird Droppings June 19, 2020 Should we be pondering the idea of faith? I have been indirectly involved in several discussions lately involving the word faith. So I did a bit of research and thinking. “Modern technology advanced in such tiny increments for so long that we never realized how much our world was being…

Bird Droppings June 18, 2020 Can we even compare ethics and politics? I picked up a copy of the Atlanta Journal Constitution some time ago. The front page had various articles but one caught my attention. Having been a student in psychology at Mercer University in Macon and required to go on a field trip…

Bird Droppings June 17, 2020 Learning and teaching are not the same and yet intertwine “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.” Dr. Mortimer J. Adler Dr. Adler founded the Center for the Study…

Bird Droppings June 16, 2020 Amazing how intertwined the strands of life really are I was asked at a teachers dinner one time when did I start teaching and I responded at age twelve. The group I was with was thinking I was being my typical sarcastic self. Then I explained I started teaching swimming…