The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings May 28, 2014 Always on my mind and in my heart I was standing outside on this moonless night gazing at the stars and clouds sliding by quietly in the night. A chorus of tree frogs and crickets kept me company in the dark. It is coming on summer the ambient temperature is…

Bird Droppings May 27, 2014 Always trying to find at what point we exist I went outside earlier and as I am getting ready to go enjoy a sunrise I have been sitting thinking back to so many friends who have been lost in wars and battles around the world. A whippoorwill was calling for…

Bird Droppings May 25, 2014 Cultivating the inner self and learning about the Rock and the Smoke “If people find no room in their lives to pray or to meditate, to reflect deeply on why they have been created and what they must do with their lives, and to listen with all of their being…

Bird Droppings May 23, 2014 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 a day lost yesterday in my normal routine of writing and doing things. A lost day but a full day, time with…

Bird Droppings March 22, 2014 A morning meandering while the quarter moon sets As I read through several old emails of my former doctorate and graduate cohort folks as they some are defending their dissertations in the coming weeks. In another set of emails from an article review several commented on how these particular readings…

Bird Droppings May 21, 2014 Pondering in my search for wisdom With my son in rehab and school nearly over sort of out of sync but my plans for this memorial day which was to include yard work, writing and a finishing up several pieces of my research. I went out to a moon glowing…

Morning Bird Droppings May 20, 2014 I am trying to regurgitate a previous days thought After over a week of watching grandkids and my youngest son in a level one trauma center he was moved to a rehab facility yesterday and we are elated. So I am able to get back to my writing every…

Bird Droppings May 19, 2014 Why not just imagine? Some days I wonder if adults I know have ever imagined even considered imagination. For example have you ever lain on your back watching clouds trying to determine if this one is a dragon or a whale? I was driving home from Georgia Tech with my…

Bird Droppings May 16, 2014 Teachers what about adding to reality TV, The great teachers of America? I taught my college class last night and when I got home I was sitting mesmerized by the night sounds when the kitchen door opened and my son poked his head out wondering what I was doing. I…