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For some, creating and writing in a digital world is difficult.
Bird Droppings October 13, 2025For some, creating and writing in a digital world is difficult. “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965, I was introduced to this author in a tenth-grade English Class. The book Brave New World was…
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Teaching today is tying a knot with only one hand.
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Perhaps I had a vision walking in the moonlight.
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Like the spider web, all of life is connected and intertwined.
Bird Droppings October 3, 2025Like the spider web, all of life is connected and intertwined. As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below, I recall a walk one morning out to a quiet spot where I would meditate, and something hit me as I faced east towards the rising sun, the gossamer threads…
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In a world of data, can we still use intuition, or should I say listening to our gut?
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It would be great if we could script great teachers or develop a package that truly provides teachers with student learning.
Bird Droppings October 1, 2025 It would be great if we could script great teachers or develop a package that truly provides teachers with student learning. I have watched several movies about teachers over the years. It hit me as I thought it would be great if we could provide a package for new teachers…
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Taking small steps is a key component of patience
Bird Droppings September 30, 2025 Taking small steps is a key component of patience “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How many times are we told “take your time”? So often in life, we are anxious to get the job finished or…
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Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand
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A confession of sorts. Doing what you love is not work, even if you are tired at the end of the day.
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Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching
Bird Droppings September 27, 2025Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching I seldom have a difficult time sleeping. I crashed last night after a long day of cleaning up after my grandkids and a long week getting stitches out and closure on my surgery, and trying to keep up with my wife. My wife…
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The daily meanderings of a teacher 