The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings June 1- 2, 2019 Teachers thoughts along the banks of the Chattahoochee River? I started writing yesterday and got sidetracked by a trip to the museum with my grandkids. About two years ago I was apprehensive as I got up on that morning taking much longer than normal to get my day started.…

Bird Droppings May 28, 2019 Always on my mind and in my heart I avoided writing yesterday as so many memories and thoughts consumed me. I have many friends who dies in wars recently and both my father and father in law fought in wars previously. I do not believe in war but I do…

Bird Droppings May 26, 2019 Occasionally we need to learn again about the Rock and the Smoke   High school students always ask questions about religion. As we get into evolution especially in biology. Occasionally I get someone who wants to prove a point. A young lady brought in her father’s sermon on creation and…

Bird Droppings May 24, 2019 Being reborn is listening with the heart   So often in life we tend to hear words and then we rationalize those utterances, develop an opinion and then logically state a response. I got thinking back to a conversation sitting discussing existentialism with my granddaughter last night nearly eight years…

Bird Droppings May 23, 2019 We should many times question our questions?   Yesterday I was sitting in my class room after a week or two of articles and innuendos about who and why Georgia students in high school and middle schools across the state do so poorly on certain mandatory tests which are Georgia’s…

Bird Droppings May 22, 2019 Can we die a happy death?   Perhaps it was the recent passing of my mother that pulled me to this dropping from years ago. I sometimes wonder in the mornings why I am writing about a specific topic although often it is something simply on my mind. I have…

Bird Droppings May 21, 2019 Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?   “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln   Perhaps in the scheme of things there are people who are inherently grouchy and or by Lincoln’s view they simply…

Bird Droppings May 20, 2019 Always try and see through eyes wide open   “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” Dolly Parton   It has been nearly twelve years since we last moved and seems we might stay here a while. I recall back…

Bird Droppings May 19, 2017 Filling cracks in leaky pots   Many thousands of years ago Buddha compared people to four kinds of clay vessels. Borrowing these words today as I am thinking to several days lost traveling to see a new grand baby, from my normal routine of writing and doing things. A couple…

Bird Droppings May 17, 2019 Culture is far more than just a word   “Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that thought comes before speech. In the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune…