The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings November 8, 2010 A path to the top Sitting in my kitchen I was too lazy to take my computer upstairs this weekend and listening to a great horned owl calling outside. For several days I have been slowed down by a respiratory infection and literally spent most of Friday evening through this…

Bird Droppings November 7, 2010 Wanting to not leave anyone behind “I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve the social problems…

Bird Droppings November 5, 2010 What was he really trying to say? “Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.” Alexander Hamilton As I looked through news this morning many of the situations go back to…

Bird Droppings November 4, 2010 It is so much more than just living “The peril we face today does not come from such differing philosophies of how to serve as stewards of the earth, but from the failure to exercise control over how we act upon those philosophies. If the preservation and sustenance of the…

Bird Droppings November 3, 2010 Getting that light bulb to go on After nearly a year and a half my doctorial cohort drew to an end just about three years ago. Most of us will have a class or two together here and there and soon with dissertations getting completed will be going our own…

Bird Droppings November 2, 2010 The Day after “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Mark Twain I find my self using age to my advantage when the little girl at the register at Kroger asked for senior citizenship or not. I carry my AARP card with…

Bird Droppings November 1, 2010 Searching for answers in reflection and thought Sitting here at my kitchen table another year older and there are many moments for reflection and thoughts. I will take another sip from my mason jar of good herbal tea and a couple of Advil for a sore back and who knows…

Bird Droppings October 29, 2010 Having a heart It is chilly out in the middle of Georgia temperatures near almost to freezing but not quite, high forties but one of coldest days so far this fall. We have still a week or two till we are off from school Thanksgiving and a fall break. I…

Bird Droppings October 28, 2010 An eclectic morning Over lunch a group of students and I began discussing, The Davinci Code and other philosophical diversions and fearing death as a basis for religion came up. “Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” Mahatma Gandhi…