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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.…
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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…
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It is all about communicating
Bird Droppings July 12, 2011 It is all about communicating “I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to…
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Healing is in all of us
Bird Droppings July 10, 2011 Healing is in all of us “The first fact that distinguishes the human species from all others is that we are born too soon. We arrive incapable of taking care of ourselves for something like fifteen years.” Joseph Campbell, Pathways to bliss, 2004 It is so easy to get up…
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Dodging rain drops
Bird Droppings July 9, 2011 Dodging rain drops Georgia has been considerably drier this summer than the last. The surprise thunderstorms while often severe still have kept most trees green. I have been watering our flowers and of course with fertilizer they are growing so fast many fall over from their height and my herb…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 