The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings December 13, 2020Longing for the simplicity I was thinking back a few years around this time. My reading and writing were taking a beating with getting ready for the end of the semester, a trip to North Carolina for a new grandbaby, and driving my wife to and from work since she broke…

Bird Droppings December 12, 2020Is there topsoil left midst an erosion of soul? “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” Simone Weil “The need for roots,” I saw this idea earlier as I web surfed thinking and pondering this morning or perhaps as I was scrolling…

Bird Droppings December 11, 2020 It is about random acts of kindness I was a bit earlier than I planned to get started this morning. I got up this morning fixed breakfast and my wife’s lunch and sat down to watch the news. As soon as Pat left, I dozed off. It was close enough…

Bird Droppings December 10, 2020 A chill in the air but not in the heart For several days the now we have been at or below freezing in the early mornings which totally silences the crickets and tree frogs who need an ambient temperature a bit warmer, maybe high fifties low sixties. So, for today…

Bird Droppings December 9, 2020 Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark? “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on…

Bird Droppings December 8, 2020There are always possibilities “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” Les Brown I was riding home from several errands, talking with one of my sons last week remembering when I was their age. I should say trying to remember when I was their age that would be more…

Bird Droppings December 7, 2020How we perceive is often the beginning of the discussion A dear friend brought up a conversation with a flat earth believer the other day. This person he had been talking with essentially disavowed science in many areas. My son offered is Mars visibly round from a telescope and or for…

Bird Droppings December 4, 2020 Teaching as improvisational art using learning as the pallet I wrote the basics of this article nearly sisteen years ago and at the time was thinking of an artist friend now a computer programmer who was trying to define her art as well as searching for her own meaning in…

Bird Droppings December 3, 2020 Sitting, wondering, pondering and dishwashing In a roundabout way several earlier readings on the internet got me thinking and pondering as I do. So often we take our technology for granted.  It has been about fourteen years since we moved into this house and a brand-new dishwasher. About a six…

Bird Droppings December 2, 2020 Have YOU been Naughty or Nice? I have a friend doing acts of kindness currently. She committed to an act of kindness every day. I shared a December calendar of kindness yesterday.  I try and live my life that way and I do make mistakes. But each day now she…