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Taking small steps is a key component of patience
Bird Droppings September 30, 2025 Taking small steps is a key component of patience “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How many times are we told “take your time”? So often in life, we are anxious to get the job finished or…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 