The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings February 12, 2013 A five note flute “The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers;…

Bird Droppings February 11, 2013 Listening to the stillness of a rainy morning I was sitting alone this morning as I do most mornings the ambient temperature is still a bit too cold to hear many early morning sounds down in the bottoms along the stream or towards the field. The rain and clouds help…

Bird Droppings February 9, 2013 Sitting quietly trying to understand the word courage I had been outside just a few minutes ago to a sunrise and cold morning in Georgia one of cooler morning recently. Stars were scattering as I went out allowing the sun to work its way through the haze. I am sure…

Bird Droppings February 6, 2013 The interconnectivity of all that is a puzzle falling in place “Every footstep is the journey. Every sight, every sound, every touch and taste and smell with which we are blessed is the journey. All of the colors before us are the journey, and we are the journey. May we…

Bird Droppings February 5, 2013 Writing as opposed to say only sending a digital image “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 Brave New…

Bird Droppings February 4, 2013 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 there…

Bird Droppings February 1, 2013 Apathy is being there and never having really gone “The problem isn’t materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone. Unlike animals whose quest for happiness is restricted to survival and to the immediate gratification of sensory desires, we…

Bird Droppings January 31, 2013 Counting knuckles can work if we allow it or NCLB2 No Congressmen left behind On Wednesday a student asked what day of the month Thursday would be and I responded January 31 and just as quick another said he thought it was the first. I said no it was the…

Bird Droppings January 30, 2013 A wondering of the moment Nearly ten years ago I received this email from a dear friend. I met Frances when I was a new staff member at Loganville High School in 2001. Frances had been teaching English and had worked with our then principal at the time at a…