The daily meanderings of a teacher

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…

Bird Droppings December 1, 2020Example is such a simple lesson plan “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans I have over the years looked to…

Bird Droppings November 29, 2020 Teachers need to consult their hearts I was amazed walking out this morning to the car and 55 degrees and a few frogs still chirping away. We have had several days off with the holiday and I was lazier than I had planned. I was going through some research material…

Bird Droppings November 26, 2020 Listening to a philosopher The day started with rain and as we went out to the store it shifted clouds were pushed aside and sunshine poked through. A beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and not too cold which is surprising as the sky was clear. I cannot…

Bird Droppings November 25, 2020Perhaps I had a vision walking in moonlight As I walked out in the morning cool today, the sky was hidden in clouds. There was a sense of light about as I stood looking around, thinking as I do every morning. I will ponder my day and the week ahead even…

Bird Droppings November 24, 2020 Venting a bit on a Tuesday Morning I was slack with my daily journaling over the past two weeks. I have written for five days straight so far to make up. Yesterday I read several alarming posts on friend’s pages on Facebook and on internet news sites. I followed links…

Bird Droppings November 23, 2020So many thoughts for one day I believe I was prepared from childhood to discuss this topic. It has been many years since my first introduction to American Indians. I was three or four years old when I first remember my father’s stories of Little Strong Arm and Black Eagle. The…