Bird Droppings March 8, 2016 Potential is only that unless it is acted upon “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and…

Bird Droppings March 7, 2016 Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers? In a ninth grade literature class that I happened to co-teach in, I was introduced to the book Freedom Writers Diary and the film based on the book. In some ways the story is similar to the story of Foxfire. Erin…

Bird Droppings March 5, 2016 Have we sold our souls for a few trinkets? Morning is a special time for me always a new beginning. That might be far too easy of a way to say what I am trying to say. Today I went out a bit early from the house to take out…

Bird Droppings March 4, 2016 Teaching and life are simply feeding wolves I have heard and seen this in many forms. “’One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a debate that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is…

Bird Droppings March 4, 2015 Why is it when putting a puzzle together a piece is always left behind? “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!” Gail Sheehy, American journalist,…

Bird Droppings March 2, 2016 I am pondering about Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform”. I find the answer is simple, CARING. “If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” Carl G.…

Bird Droppings March 1, 2016 Why should life be a difficult journey? “Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke I was visiting with my mother the other day and I walked by my fathers and brothers grave site or…

Bird Droppings February 29, 2016 An owl calling Last night I woke for a few minutes as it turns out I forgot to turn on the ceiling fan. While up I stuck my nose out the door perhaps intuition who knows when wandering about the house half asleep. Deep in the pines an owl called…

Bird Droppings February 27, 2016 Is it about random acts of kindness? I was a bit later than I planned to get started this morning. I have a long day of writing for school and personally today. I got up this morning and my son’s faithful dog decided I did not need sleep late. He…

Bird Droppings February 26, 2016 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…