The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 7, 2021 Should we consider ignorance a part of the journey? “If I want to justify my existence and continue to be obsessed with the notion that I’ve got to do something for humanity — well, teaching ought to quell that obsession — and if I can ever get around to an…

Bird Droppings July 6, 2021 How capable do we need to be? Inspired by a student. What a contrast to only a few days ago listening to the Atlantic Ocean, the moon is coming back smiling at me as I went out in the wee hours with a crystal-clear sky. There was a gentle wind…

Bird Droppings July 5, 2021Are we missing Creativity? This was another quiet morning as I wandered out and about already birds hiding from view are calling. As for the crickets and frogs as always a beautiful chorus for the morning awakening. Yesterday later in the day several tree frogs visited our back porch hiding under…

Bird Droppings July 4, 2021Just a morning observation “I do not write from mythology when I reflect upon Native American spirituality in this book. In my own opinion, mythology leads to superstition; and superstition has proved fatally destruction to many millions down through time. It is ironic, then that Dominant Society accuses Native practices of…

Bird Droppings July 2, 2021Foxfire is a name for a fungus glowing in the dark, until you wander up Black Rock Mountain A few weeks back I was involved in another synchronous adventure, as I am literally daily. I have been thinking about it ever since. I have been a fan of Carl Jung and the…

Bird Droppings June 30, 2021Teaching can be successful When I am home, I try and walk out to a quiet corner of my back yard except today I am away from home and my walk was two miles on the beach at Pawleys Island. Even at the beach is you look there are strands of…

Bird Droppings June 29, 2021What do we miss? Walking the beach at sunrise it is easy to miss the small things while gazing at a beautiful sunrise. A starfish or angel wing shell or even a cannon ball jellyfish. It is similar in life we often overlook small matters only focusing the on the large.…

Bird Droppings June 28, 2021In a world of data can we still use intuition? I spent the better part of today either sitting on or walking on the beach at Pawleys Island South Carolina. When ever my wife and I come we tend to make sure we see the sunrise every morning. It was supposed…

Bird Droppings June 26, 2021 Trying to find a way back to normal or is it abnormal “Your son or daughter may be flashing warning signals that he or she will soon drop out of society and join the “hippie” movement. If you know what to look for, you may be able to prevent it.”…

Bird Droppings June 25, 2021 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity Over the past week or so I worked on several paper ideas, had pacemaker surgery, dabbled in my yard briefly to the extent I could right hand only, started getting beach stuff dusted off, cleared spider webs, and seriously was thinking about driving…