The daily meanderings of a teacher

Author: birddroppings

  • Trying to find a way back to normal or is it abnormal: Is your child a hippy?

    Bird Droppings May 20, 2018 Trying to find a way back to normal or is it abnormal: Is your child a hippy?   “Your son or daughter may be flashing warning signals that he or she will soon drop out of society and join the “hippie” movement. If you know what to look for, you…

  • Pondering and remembering a waterfalls listening to the ocean

    Bird Droppings May 19, 2018 Pondering and remembering a waterfalls listening to the ocean   It has been six years since I was staying at the Sylvan Mills Bed and Breakfast in a room over a waterfalls. I went up to North Georgia to recharge perhaps another word might be to rekindle my passion for…

  • Children can learn

    Bird Droppings May 18, 2018 Children can learn So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walked out to a quiet spot. Being in the Low Country of South Carolina and four stories up my balcony was serene as I walked out. I do miss my quiet spot at home…

  • Understanding is often getting over fears

    Bird Droppings May 17, 2018 Understanding is often getting over fears   As I stepped outside into a warm moist morning, we were hoping the rain would hold off. The storm has passed off shore and is moving north. However the humidity still hangs in the air. The grass was like walking on a sponge…

  • Try and see through eyes wide open

    Bird Droppings May 15, 2018 Try and see through eyes wide open   As I walked out into the morning sounds today a whippoorwill greeted me. It was the first time this year I sat on the porch and just listened in some time. The air is warming and summer sounds are creeping in. I…

  • Filling cracks in leaky pots

    Bird Droppings May 14, 2018 Filling cracks in leaky pots   Many thousands of years ago Buddha compared people to four kinds of clay vessels. Borrowing these words today as I am thinking to several days watching grandkids and listening away from my normal routine of writing and doing things. A couple of lost days…

  • We can make learning successful

    Bird Droppings May 11, 2018 We can make learning successful So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walked out to a quiet corner of my back yard. Nestled in a patch of weeds and brush I laid claim to my quiet spot and look toward the east in the…

  • Culture is far more than just a word

    Bird Droppings May 9, 2018 Culture is far more than just a word   Culture is those pieces of which we are that others see when we are in their presence. It is how we eat and what we eat. It is how we honor and respect others and or not respect others. Culture is…

  • Can we be about healing?

    Bird Droppings May 8, 2018 Can we be about healing?   I came out earlier today into the darkness and the first thing I heard was a bullfrog off in the distance calling that’s the first one of the year. As I listened I heard more I heard many birds starting to chirp, whistle and…

  • Can we discuss curriculum as sacred?

    Bird Droppings May 7, 2018 Can we discuss curriculum as sacred?   My wife and I are have been talking about how we have so many stories and pieces to our life’s puzzles that may be of interest one day to our children and grand kids.  We drove nearly eleven hours together Saturday and continued…