The daily meanderings of a teacher

September 24, 2019 Finishing up about soul   “In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tarawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast and that from them, and from the stars and…

Bird Droppings September 23, 2019 Now my studies are making sense My head feels like a sponge from the change in air pressure during the night. It could be the radical differences between cool weather at night and extremely unseasonably hot days. I was sitting thinking back to a day we were not paid as…

Bird Droppings September 22, 2019 Thinking about my brother Scrolling through memories a photo of my brother John popped up. My nephew posted several years back. Years ago my mother would follow on Facebook and we all posted photos and such where she could see them. One day she stopped checking her laptop and looking.…

Bird Droppings September 20, 2019 Solitude is within one’s soul and heart   “No person, standing before this mystery, has the wisdom or the knowledge to see across the curtain. But for those who stand before their dead with aching hearts and tear-filled eyes, one affirmation endures… one truth remains…and one light shines clear. Where…

Bird Droppings September 19, 2019 What about routines?   I was scooting about Kroger yesterday after work. My oldest son dropped me off and I got one of those electric carts to race around the store. No sooner did I get started and the cart ran out of power. Numerous folks asked to help and…

Bird Droppings September 18, 2019 Sometimes history is a teacher and others only a memory   The anniversary of a day that will be a scar on our nation’s history has past most will say September 11, 2001. However, on September 15, 1963 an explosion tore through the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,…

September 17, 2019 Do we need a bit more soul?   “Soul is different from spirit; the deep soul is the way we live every day, our longings and our fears.” Thomas Moore   It has been nearly twenty five years since I first read The Care of the Soul, by Thomas Moore. I picked…

Bird Droppings September 16, 2019 Can we find real learning in the Kalahari Desert?   Yesterday afternoon I was considering riding my scooter about the yard and along the side of our nearby dirt road taking pictures of wildflowers and grasshoppers among other things that I find as ponder. It only took a moment or…

Bird Droppings September 15, 2019 Who else would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?   I measure my days in profound moments, or I should say it feels that way sometimes. I recall last year about this time a couple texts back and forth from someone I had not talked to in…

Bird Droppings September 14, 2019 How do we as teachers/educators help students continue the Journey?   “So, I’d much rather get across the concept of freedom. It’s what’s important to Indian children. The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being. Otherwise you become…