The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

The inter-connectivity of all that is; Is it a puzzle falling in place?

Bird Droppings February 3, 2017 The inter-connectivity of all that is; Is it a puzzle falling in place? On Monday of this week my co-teaching partner shared a card with me from one of our students. At the beginning of the semester we hand out a card and the kids fill in information about themselves. This…

February 3, 2017
writing for some, seems so difficult in a digital world

Bird Droppings February 2, 2017 writing for some, seems so difficult in a digital world “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965 I was introduced to this author in a tenth grade English Class. The book was…

February 2, 2017
Solitude is within ones soul and heart

Bird Droppings February 2, 2017 Solitude is within ones 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…

February 1, 2017
Bird Droppings January 31, 2017 A chill in the air but not in the heart, thank you Maya Angelou For several days the now we have been balancing between warm and cold weather in the early mornings which still is too cold for the crickets and tree frogs who need an ambient temperature a…

January 31, 2017
Should we be examining the threads of life?

Bird Droppings January 30, 2017 Should we be examining the threads of life? “Man did not weave the web of life he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” Chief Seattle, 1854 It has been a few years since I read a National Geographic…

January 30, 2017
Reconciliation of trust

Bird Droppings January 27, 2017 Reconciliation of trust “It’s the examination of conscience. Unless you examine your conscience, you don’t know what you have to be sorry for and what to confess” Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M., S.T.D., Ten Tips for Better Confessions, The Gift of Reconciliation Sort of difficult ending this shortened week with…

January 27, 2017
Our goal in teaching is for students to create new questions

Bird Droppings January 26, 2017 Our goal in teaching is for students to create new questions Over the past month I have been pondering New Year’s resolutions and advice for next year posting, emailing and even a billboard or two driving home from North Carolina several weeks back. With all of the football games…

January 26, 2017
Selecting your pallet

Bird Droppings January 25, 2017 Selecting your pallet I wrote the basics of this article nearly twelve years ago and at the time was thinking of an artist friend who was trying to define her art as well as searching for her own meaning in life. My friend often reflects her political views and emotions…

January 25, 2017
All in words we find

Bird Droppings January 24, 2017 All in words we find “The farmer channels water to his land. The fletcher whittles his arrows. And the carpenter turns his wood. So the wise direct their mind.” Dhammapada Many years ago there was a folk song entitled, If I were a carpenter, as I read this…

January 24, 2017
Sitting thinking of a circle

Bird Droppings January 23, 2017 Sitting thinking of a circle I missed the last rerun of a favorite miniseries, Into the West, and one of these days will find the DVD set. The movie starts and ends with a circle of stones with a line going east to west and one going north to…

January 23, 2017