Bird Droppings September 22, 2014 Is not friendship a rather simple concept? Recently I had the mother of three former students tell me how much her sons and daughter thought of me while I was coming into my favorite store, Kroger. So here I am sitting upstairs in my writing hovel pondering in the stillness…

Bird Droppings September 19, 2014 We all know the slogan just do it, but I add when? I shared a story of The White Buffalo Calf Woman on my Facebook page a few days past. Today while at home I went to read again on my iPad and it was restricted. I tried another story…

Bird Droppings September 17, 2014 Can we see a gray world in color? “Stress is the body and mind’s response to any pressure that disrupts its normal balance. It occurs when our perceptions of events don’t meet our expectations and we don’t manage our reaction to the disappointment. As a response, stress expresses itself as…

Bird Droppings September 17, 2014 I often wonder, why do I write what I write? There have been times when weather, water, various electrical issues and who knows what other gremlins have impacted my broadband service at our home out in Between Georgia. It could be that we are out in the country and only…

Bird Droppings September 16, 2013 How capable do we need to be? What a contrast to only a few weeks ago as I went out in the wee hours with what feels like a constant haze of clouds. There was a gentle wind blowing, wind chimes ringing peacefully and fog between the pines and oak…

Bird Droppings September 15, 2014 Looking for the right words in a new morning “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author Whether it is trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved one has passed away or…

Bird Droppings September 11, 2014 I am where I need to be “A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.” Dr. Sam Keenre Many the day and time…

Bird Droppings September 11, 2014 Ponderingerest is that even a word? I start with a word I am sitting here making up ponderingerest. Perhaps a good definition is that there is far too much to ponder today, it is a ponderingerest day. In 1938 sixty six percent of the world’s oil reserves was found. Since…

Bird Droppings September 10, 2014 Can we define soul? Over the years I have written about the idea of and or concept of soul many times to the point of considering using the word at one point in my one day dissertation title. The word has differing meanings as you discuss with various religious groups…

Bird Droppings September 9, 2014 Finding a way to forgive “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi It is almost a year since I spent the morning on a field tip of sorts for a graduate school class. We visited the MLK Jr. Memorial Center on Auburn Street…