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The daily meanderings of a teacher

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A journal from a teacher

A new morning

Bird Droppings May 18, 2011 A new morning Last night I drove up to the corner store to get gas for my wife’s car. When I returned the sounds of the evening were stilled from the chill al the humming, whistling, chirping and barking that should have been going on was still. Living in the…

May 18, 2011
A beginning to an end

Bird Droppings May 17, 2011 A beginning to the end “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein A few days ago I…

May 17, 2011
A firefly crossed my path

Bird Droppings May 16, 2011 A fire fly crossed my path I wonder how many even notice when a firefly crosses our path. Most people will not even stop to look at such an insignificant moment in time. It has been a bit to cold for fireflies so far this year in our part of…

May 16, 2011
Empathy; Do we have it?

Droppings May 15, 2011 Empathy; do we all have it? “The capacity for consciousness of ourselves gives us the ability to see ourselves as others see us and to have empathy with others. It underlies our remarkable capacity to transport ourselves into someone else’s parlor where we will be in reality next week, and then…

May 15, 2011
Finding the pathway

Bird droppings May 13, 2011 Finding a pathway I happened to have detention yesterday afternoon and from there to a get together for one of our special education teachers who is retiring. I picked up dinner for my family on the way to the house and missed senior awards night as I got caught up…

May 13, 2011
Finding Answers in Life

Bird Droppings May 12, 2011 Finding answers in life Yesterday I was asked a simple question. I am too take several tests and they decide my life which should I take? Should I take test A or B. If I take A then my life will go this direction if I take B it will…

May 12, 2011
Getting the passion back

Bird Droppings May 11, 2011 Getting the passion back When I walked in to work this morning the air was calm almost peaceful as I walked our dog down the driveway and through the yard. In the distance a great horned owl called several times and a bullfrog bellowed from the bottom land across the…

May 11, 2011
Clearing the pathway

Bird Droppings May 10, 2011 Clearing a pathway “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” Elwyn Brooks White Often I reflect on the journey of life and the many directions I myself have traveled.…

May 10, 2011
Walking agian in the morning

Bird Droppings May 9, 2011 Walking again in the morning It is hard for me to describe the feeling of losing this aspect of the day. It has been now nearly eleven years since each morning I would get up and walk upwards of five miles before dawn. Many of those journeys were with a…

May 9, 2011
Pondering on mothers day about faith

Bird Droppings May 8, 2011 Pondering on mothers day about faith For so many a Sunday morning brings dressing up and heading to a place of worship. Worship for most is a community event a gathering of like believers who sit and go through ritualistic undertakings in a prescribed manner and at the prescribed time…

May 8, 2011

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