The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand

Bird Droppings September 29, 2025 Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand Many years ago, I was sitting alongside a fence in a field far away from houses and people, and I watched a spider spin a web. We see webs all around, and I read there are thousands of spiders per acre in any…

September 29, 2025
A confession of sorts. Doing what you love is not work, even if you are tired at the end of the day.

Bird Droppings September 28, 2025 A confession of sorts. Doing what you love is not work, even if you are tired at the end of the day. “To love what you do and feel it matters, how could anything be more fun?” Katharine Graham I learn something daily as I wander the internet and read…

September 28, 2025
Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching

Bird Droppings September 27, 2025Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching I seldom have a difficult time sleeping. I crashed last night after a long day of cleaning up after my grandkids and a long week getting stitches out and closure on my surgery, and trying to keep up with my wife. My wife…

September 27, 2025
Should I be a wolf or a dog in education?

Bird Droppings September 26, 2025 Should I be a wolf or a dog in education? Considering the current news and political turmoil, I recalled a trip to the Atlanta Zoo. An older man approached me as I walked up the hill at the Zoo. I had never met this man previously and hoped never to…

September 26, 2025
Is synchronicity a focal point on the pathway during our life experiences?

Bird Droppings September 24, 2025 Is synchronicity a focal point on the pathway during our life experiences? Every morning, if possible, I look for a sunrise, driving out or walking depending on where I am at the time. In the past ten years, I have only missed a few. Today, the sky was beautiful, and…

September 24, 2025
I was listening to the stillness of the morning and the sunrise, and sometimes, we need a window rather than a mirror.

Bird Droppings September 23, 2025I was listening to the stillness of the morning and the sunrise, and sometimes, we need a window rather than a mirror. I was driving alone this morning, as I do often, trying to get a few photos of the sunrise. Today, it was a beautiful day. The ambient temperature is…

September 23, 2025
Listening to a five-note flute and thinking about friends and the word normal

Bird Droppings September 22, 2025 Listening to a five-note flute and thinking about friends and the word normal I find it hard to believe it is fall, although you can feel it in the air. The chill perhaps got me thinking back about eight years ago, I was fishing with my grandson at the Atlanta…

September 22, 2025
Trust and how we have such a hard time with it

Bird Droppings September 21, 2025Trust and how we have such a hard time with it So many special events coming up, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and more “possible” rain to end this dry spell, and best of all, three more weeks till fall break. If I were to go out and cut down a tree, I wonder…

September 21, 2025
Should children be left behind, or do we need a supply of energy drinks in the teachers’ lounge?

Bird Droppings September 18, 2025 Should children be left behind, or do we need a supply of energy drinks in the teachers’ lounge? “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall…

September 18, 2025
Why are we not seeking peace?

Bird Droppings September 17, 2025Why are we not seeking peace? “In this week of great destruction, we must each choose what road we are to walk and live. The road of destruction is war; it has always been so. The road of creation is deeper and more complicated; it has always involved forgiveness, love, light,…

September 17, 2025