The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings February 24, 2020 Thinking for a minute of what to write   Over the past few weeks I have read several blogs and emails about counting sheep and last night as I lay down to get some sleep after a long day, and a long week of recovering from a UTI, reading, and…

Bird Droppings February 23, 2020 Listening to a philosopher   A beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and it is actually winter, which is surprising, I can count the number of mornings with frost on one hand. The sky while partially filled with clouds was nearly clear. The white billowing clouds presented a…

Bird Droppings February 21, 2020 Practicing Patience   It has been nearly forty years since I first went to Hemmingway’s just off the interstate in Decatur Georgia. It was a favorite local entertainment establishment. I was thinking back my oldest son had recently played nearby in Duluth and maybe that is what made me think…

Bird Droppings February 20, 2020 A series of paradoxes and bewilderment   I received the following in an email a number of years ago. A friend of mine sent it out and as I read the first time it was humorous. However, as I pondered then as a teacher I read deeper into what was…

Bird Droppings February 18, 2020 Dissipating embers can rekindle a fire   Before the housing encroachment in our neighborhood on most mornings weather permitting I will sit out and spend a few moments meditating in the corner of our back yard. For several years I have used a bit of white sage and sweet grass…

Bird Droppings February 15, 2020 Finally, it is not wet and dreary as I ponder our educational genocide, norming children, and only leaving the best   Amazing in our world of electronics and digital wizardry the simplest of things a battery can cause a chill. My main house thermostat batteries died and our wonderful electronic…

Bird Droppings February 14, 2020 Looking for a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look   I woke up very early today our dog was barking to go out and it was time for my wife to get up and get ready for work. It is hard to sleep…

Bird Droppings February 13, 2020 Do we have a desire for freedom?   “Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom and dignity. It is not enough, as communist systems have assumed, merely to provide people with food, shelter and clothing. Human nature needs to breathe the…

Bird Droppings February 12, 2020 Getting over the speed bumps   “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Hannah More   Perhaps ahead of her time Ms. More wrote in abundance in the later 1700’s and early 1800’s. She was writing in a time when women should…

  Birddroppings February 11, 2020 I was listening to the stillness of a morning, the sunrise, and or sometimes we need a window and not a mirror.   I was sitting alone this morning as I do often, after running my son to the airport very early, trying to get a few photos of the sunrise.…