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Waiting for a miracle
Bird Droppings September 28, 2024 Waiting for a miracle I wrote this piece nearly twenty years ago, and it still has a place in my heart. Miracle is a word used often by people of faith. It explains things that happen with no apparent cause and/or rationale. We all sit waiting for miracles, perhaps waiting…
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Innocence is more than a definition; it is of the heart.
Bird Droppings September 26, 2024 Innocence is more than a definition; it is of the heart. “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…
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Our seeming inability to surmount learning difficulties
Bird Droppings September 25, 2024 Our seeming inability to surmount learning difficulties In one of my last IEP meetings, the student reaffirmed, yes, I have a math deficit. However, choosing not to do the work or even try is a choice. As a Junior wanting to graduate next year, you have to choose whether you…
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Finding and examining the threads of life
Bird Droppings September 24, 2024 Finding and examining the threads of life I have used this quote many times, and each time, it sinks deeper into my soul. I walked out a few minutes ago, looking at the Joro webs and photographing the spiders. Each web was unique, yet its aspects were identical. On a…
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Ethics and Politics an oxymoron perhaps
Bird Droppings September 21, 2024Ethics and Politics an oxymoron perhaps So many things are happening in our world that are often whims of a politician we voted for or against. Industry is being remade, wars are being fought, jobs are appearing and disappearing, and health care reform is possibly off and on the table. We…
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For some, creating writing seems difficult in our digital world, and then I start thinking about Tom Petty.
Bird Droppings September 20, 2024For some, creating writing seems difficult in our digital world, and then I start thinking about Tom Petty. “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965, I was introduced to this author in a tenth-grade English…
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Is the seat of the soul in the heart or mind?
Bird Droppings September 17, 2024 Is the seat of the soul in the heart or mind? I believe I was prepared from childhood to discuss this topic. It has been many years since my first introduction to Native Peoples. I remembered my father’s Little Strong Arm and Black Eagle stories when I was three or…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 