The daily meanderings of a teacher

Category: A teachers journey

  • Maybe we are in the wrong

    Bird Droppings July 30, 2010 Maybe we are in the wrong “I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember al the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who have no right to talk. Too many misinterpretations have…

  • Doing what you love is not really work

    Bird Droppings July 29, 2010 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…

  • Can we determine worth at face value?

    Bird Droppings July 28, 2010 Can we determine worth at face value? I try not to miss too many days writing although my timing has been off sort of whenever I get a chance to sit down and write kind of thing. I am going to be working at school all day and then run…

  • Is the moon setting while the sun is rising?

    Bird Droppings July 27, 2010 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 my…

  • Everyday is a good day

    Bird Droppings July 26, 2010 Every day is a good day Recently I had the great privilege of spending some time with three friends. People I have known for many years. Just a few weekends back I drove nearly 800 miles on various assundery excursions. There was a trip to Georgia Southern University for graduate…

  • Sunrise

    July 25, 2010 Sunrise “When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.” Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief For many years I have read this passage…

  • Thinking about copperhead eggs

    July 24, 2010 Thinking about copperhead eggs I am sitting waiting here in my writing area finishing up a daily journal entry. Shortly I will run by the school to clean and feed animals in my room. In a few weeks I will be waiting on the bell to ring to start back a new…

  • LIstening to a cricket

    July 23, 2010 Listening to a cricket Perhaps it is a sign of good luck to hear the first cricket of the evening. I heard this lone cricket earlier as I went out taking my West Highland Terrier for a minute or two of exterior roaming about. A lone cricket was chirping, within a few…

  • Soul is the engine

    Bird Droppings July 22, 2010 The soul is the engine It has been nearly fifty years since diesel and electric engines replaced the giant steam locomotives that plied the tracks from Scranton Pennsylvania and the rich anthracite coal regions to New Jersey and New York, hauling the fuel of the times on the Delaware, Lackawanna…

  • Right or wrong a big issue?

    Bird Droppings July 21, 2010 Right or Wrong a big issue? After watching all the election news and primaries most of my selections won their races and only one I am still concerned about and big money as usual took that race unfortunately the State School Superintendent. So I will be happy with my selections…