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Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting
Bird Droppings June 25, 2011 Sitting, pondering and grandbaby sitting I spent the better part of last week up on the side of Black Rock Mountain assisting in my own way the facilitating of a Foxfire Approach to teaching class for teachers and teachers to be. I am being somewhat sarcastic as I am doing…
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Seeing the fluidity of life
Bird Droppings June 21, 2011 Seeing the fluidity of life “Adverse circumstances test our courage, our strength of mind, and the depth of our conviction in the natural law. There is nothing exceptional about practicing in a good environment and atmosphere. The true test is if we can maintain our practice in adverse conditions.” Geshe…
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Sunset over Between
Bird Droppings June 19-20, 2011 Sunset over Between “When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, ‘Ours.’” Vine Deloria, Jr. It has been a rapid quick succession of journeys and trips along with trying to keep my herb gardens watered and weeded over the…
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Using Calamity as an opening
Bird Droppings June 13, 2011 Using calamity as an opening “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant I wasn’t sure from where to start today as I have been busy, feeding snakes and animals at the high school, ordering two books for graduate school, spending most of last…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 