The daily meanderings of a teacher

A journal from a teacher

Is the moon setting while the sun is rising?

Bird Droppings July 27, 2011 Is the moon setting while the sun is rising? I left the house relatively early for my summer normal schedule. But had places to go and things to see just didn’t know what for sure. As I left the house several rabbits and birds either ran or flew across…

July 27, 2011
Success is the journey not the destination

Bird Droppings July 27, 2011 Success is the journey, not the destination My mother called me on a Saturday several years back all excited as she was listening to one of my father’s speeches from back in the day. I could hear my father’s booming speaking voice in the back ground from the tape recording.…

July 26, 2011
Far too many see the world with a narrow lens

Bird Droppings July 25, 2011 Far too many see the world with a narrow lens I have been driving and vacationing for three days which is odd for me to not sit and get in some mediation and writing. I briefly had time to download a few photos with the hectic schedule we kept since…

July 25, 2011
An eclectic morning

Bird Droppings July 21, 2011 An eclectic morning “Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” Mahatma Gandhi It has been a few years since I watched an episode of Star Trek actually it may have been one of the movies. Mr. Spock has interfered…

July 21, 2011
Hearing an owl

Bird Droppings July 19, 2011 Hearing an owl “If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.” W.…

July 20, 2011
How do we measure a man or woman?

Bird Droppings July 19, 2011 How do we measure a man or woman? So many times in life over the years I have seen and heard others talk of others both good and bad. In a high school rumors run rampant literally all the time. Gossip is a way of communicating for teenagers I believe.…

July 19, 2011
I wonder if you can get moon burn trying to get pictures of moonflowers?

Bird Droppings July 17, 2011 I wonder if you can get moon burn trying to get pictures of moonflowers I was up early in the morning taking the dog out and remembered I had several blossoms opening on my datura plants, jimson weed or moonflower. This flower only opens for one night and only at…

July 17, 2011
A lone lightening bug doesn’t leave an easy trail to follow

Bird Droppings July 16, 2011 A lone lightening bug doesn’t leave an easy trail to follow I was reading last night and a blog reminded me of my own thinking so many years ago. I recall sitting in an apartment alone waiting for the morning so I could go to work, alone in the dark.…

July 17, 2011
What is it we fear?

Bird Droppings July 15, 2011 What is it we fear? “Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.” Ruth E. Renkel It has been many years since I feared the beating of my own heart. I recall as a child there was a pathway into the forest near the apartment we…

July 15, 2011
Listening to a Chorus of Frogs, Crickets and an occassional Owl

Bird Droppings July 13, 2011 Listening to a chorus of Frogs, Crickets and an occasional owl “You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” Doug Floyd Most every night and early morning when I walk about especially early in the morning I am listening to the choral arrangement of tree frogs, crickets, whippoorwills…

July 13, 2011