The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings May 30, 2012 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…

Bird Droppings May 29, 2012 It will be an interesting day   I was up earlier than normal and went back to bed after sitting out for a few minutes around midnight or so. It was peaceful sitting in the coolness of a summer evening. I thought earlier we were going to have a storm.…

Bird Droppings May 28, 2012 Finding at what point we exist               Today is an ordinary day for many people round the world however other than being one extra day on a long holiday weekend it is a time for those of us in this country to remember those military members who have passed…

Bird Droppings May 27, 2012 To die a happy death:   I have been teaching high school now for nearly eleven years and after summer break another year ahead. I am starting my writing day a bit later than normal since we had the grandbaby for the night last night and drove her home this…

Bird Droppings May 26, 2012 Reading a friend’s book a fourth time   I was so tired when I laid down last night after driving around doing errands, working in the yard, working in my gardens, and attempting to get into my reading and writing. My youngest son starts his nursing program next week at…

Bird Droppings May 25, 2012 Seeking balance while walking on a see saw   “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” Henry David Thoreau   I walked in my room at school yesterday and decided my stuffed eland on the wall; the largest African antelope needed a scarf. I had used a…

Bird Droppings May 24, 2012 Looking at lyrics from an old friend   I first started  listening to Neil Young’s music in 1967 or so possibly even earlier  if you count Buffalo Springfield, a short lived band and of course 1968 with Crosby Stills and Nash at Woodstock. While I did not make it to…

Bird Droppings May 23, 2012 Finding the trail in the search for knowledge   “All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly…. We have the right hand that strikes and makes…

Bird Droppings May 23, 2010 Innocence is more than a definition   “Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if…