The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings February 28, 2020 Thinking about other times   “The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed down through generations and was taught to me when I was but a little lad. It is now my own song. It belongs…

Bird Droppings February 27, 2020 A morning meandering while the moon is glowing   Last night as I took the dog out for one last pee break a smiling moon overhead. I started thinking back to tutoring a student trying to get caught up and return to public school. Eventually, she went on a different…

Bird Droppings February 26, 2020 Reading a friend’s book a sixth time   I was so tired when I laid down last night after leaving the high school, driving around doing errands, cooking supper, and attempting to get into my reading and writing. My youngest son in now a nurse at Children’s Hospital in Atlanta,…

Bird Droppings February 25, 2020 It has been a long time   “Teaching is a lifelong moral quest. You never have it exactly right and you keep trying to get better at it. You keep learning from your students and what they are going through, how you can do things better.” Nel Noddings   I…

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…