Bird Droppings May 13, 2010 Finding Foxfire in the Kalahari “Not only the present, but the future depends on a constant reinterpretation of history and a re-examination of the state and nature of human consciousness. Both these processes are profoundly and mysteriously interdependent and doomed to failure without a continuous search after self-knowledge, since we…

Bird Droppings May 12, 2010 Trying to understand war and teaching Yesterday afternoon I sat in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit holding a tiny baby, four pounds as she has lost a few ounces since she was born. It felt as if all I was holding was a blanket as I watch the tiny face…

Bird Droppings May 11, 2010 Looking for the passion “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric Berne, The games people play In…

Bird Droppings May 10, 2010 Breathe a sigh of relief Officially there are fourteen days of school left and another year of teaching will have come to fruition. It has sped by with so many events to try and recall and understand that some morning I am baffled as to how to unravel and make…

Bird Droppings May 9, 2010 A mother is……… a poem I do not recall my birth so it is difficult to say anything actually significant other than from my own mothers and fathers perception. Somewhere I have a photo of my father at the doorway looking in while my mother is holding me. It seems…

Bird Droppings May 7, 2010 If you fall down then stand up! It is was nearing spring break just a few weeks ago and many students simply quit trying, saying such things as they walked around school such as I am passing I do not need to try any more. It really got me thinking…

Bird Droppings May 6, 2010 Living a moment at a time On Friday evening I walked out into my yard with my faithful dog and from the field behind us a red tailed hawk soared around once and landed in a large dead black walnut tree next to us. It was only seventy five feet…

Bird Droppings May 5, 2010 Wandering about for a bit I went walking with my dog yesterday afternoon. I headed from the house with camera in hand. I was looking at the land next to our house. Covered in grass with a few young pecan, persimmon, and mimosa trees it looks harmless enough. As I…

Bird Droppings May 4, 2010 Trying to top a previous days thought Nearly every day I sit down and write some days it makes it into my daily or almost daily ritual Bird Droppings and others well into my files for later use. It has been a few months back that I received an email…

Bird Droppings May 3, 2010 Looking for truth in an untruthful world I started a book titled Every day is a good day, Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous women, by the late Wilma Mankiller, past Chief of The Cherokee Nation and Native American Activist, author lecturer and several time cancer survivor. I even borrowed my status…