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Can we find learning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River?
Bird Droppings May 1, 2025 Can we find learning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River? About ten years ago, I was apprehensive as I got up on that morning, taking much longer than normal to get my day started. A good friend had called me and said that he would be in Phoenix City,…
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Should we sharpen the machete or bring a really big shovel?
Bird Droppings April 30, 2025Should we sharpen the machete or bring a really big shovel? I have been reflecting on the concept of critical pedagogy, and in that reflection, I recall an incident nearly fifty years ago that calls to mind my interpretation and understanding of what we as teachers are all about. I purchased…
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I have found a spiritual side to teaching
Bird Droppings April 29, 2025I have found a spiritual side to teaching “Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it’s never living apart from one’s self. Not about absence of other people – it is about being fully present to ourselves, whether or not we are with others.” Parker Palmer Dr. Parker…
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Hunting for the right words on a spring morning
Bird Droppings April 28, 2025Hunting for the right words on a spring morning “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart, head, and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author Whether we are trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved ones have passed away or trying to…
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Bird Droppings April 27, 2025POTENTIAL is only a word unless applied “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft, wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and magically merged into…
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Going to school again for the first time
Bird Droppings April 25, 2025 Going to school again for the first time So often, as I start my writings each morning, there has been an experience recently to build upon. It is utilizing these previous experiences to provide windows and doors for future experiences. I was driving through our town, and a shop I…
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“Peaceful evolution versus violent revolution,” what a powerful thought
Bird Droppings April 24, 2025“Peaceful evolution versus violent revolution,” what a powerful thought I have read extensively over the past few years, putting together thoughts for my dissertation in my studies at Georgia Southern University. One of those that passed through my hands these past few days, and actually a few minutes ago on my…
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April 23, 2025Maybe one day I will find an answer. “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 the stars…
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Bird Droppings April 22, 2025Getting ready to write a biography and doing some cooking “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means…
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Bird Droppings April 21, 2025 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 some people are inherently grouchy in the scheme of things; in Lincoln’s view, they want to be grouchy. Sitting here pondering…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 