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LIFE and FINALITY
Bird Droppings January 1, 2024LIFE and FINALITY Morning has been a special time for me each day, a new beginning. Several aspects make it special; the first one is taking pictures of sunrises. Then, I ran some errands and started cooking supper, and then I wrote and read, which became my meditation for the day.…
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Finding a pathway even when one does not appear
Bird Droppings December 30, 2024Finding a pathway even when one does not appear The past week has sort of run together, although each was an interesting day in its own right. It may have been sitting and watching movies with the family after sharing gifts, eating all day long, and then getting ready to head…
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Can you give it one more try?
Bird Droppings December 29, 2024Can you give it one more try? “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” Satchel Paige is often attributed to J. Askenberg In my high school teaching days, teachers at my school judged seasons by testing season, not weather.…
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Reading your view sometimes offers a clue
Bird Droppings December 26, 2024Reading your view sometimes offers a clue After forty-six years of marriage, it seems almost like day one. Every day and each day keeps getting better. Periodically, over the past years, I received at some odd hour of the night and or morning a paper to review for my youngest son…
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Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers?
Bird Droppings December 23, 2024 Is there a difference between progressive and traditional teachers? A few years back, in a ninth-grade literature class that I happened to be co-teaching, I was introduced to the book Freedom Writers Diary. We also watched the film based on the book. In some ways, the story is similar to…
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Mountains offer a clearer view.
Bird Droppings December 21, 2024Mountains offer a clearer view. “I have a pretty fair education, but I would hate to be turned loose in these mountains right now and be told to put food in my belly, clothing on my body, shelter over my head, and provide protection from my enemies, both two-footed and four-footed…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 