The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings February 23, 2018 Getting over the speed bumps “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Hannah More Perhaps ahead of her time Ms. More wrote in abundance in the later 1700’s and early 1800’s. She was writing in a time when women should have been…

Bird Droppings February 22, 2018 I was listening to the stillness of a morning, the sunrise, and or sometimes we need a window and not a mirror.     I was sitting alone this morning as I do often, trying to get a few photos of the sunrise. Today it was mostly cloud cover and…

Bird Droppings February 20, 2018 Life, a journey only made difficult if there is no learning involved   “Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke   I was visiting with my mother a few days back and I walked…

Bird Droppings February 15, 2018 It is about random acts of kindness   I was a bit later than I planned to get started this morning. I have a long day of writing for graduate school and personally today. I got up this morning and my son’s faithful dog decided I did not need to…

Bird Droppings February 11, 2018 Listening to my doctor   Somehow for nearly sixteen years I have written and produced Bird Droppings, inserting into Word Press, Facebook and in the past yahoo groups and an email list of people wanting to read Bird Droppings. Even on days I have been away from computers usually within…