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Reflecting on getting older, I might ponder here for a bit.
Bird Droppings November 1, 2025Reflecting on getting older, I might ponder here for a bit. As I am now another year older, I have been thinking or pondering, as I say. I started writing my daily sojourns nearly twenty-five years ago. I first used a YAHOO group, then Myspace, and graduated to WordPress and Facebook.…
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While deadly, a spider spins to survive. Just a thought to start.
Bird Droppings October 30, 2025While deadly, a spider spins to survive. Just a thought to start. “When Peter pulled his sword and attacked the Roman soldier, he was told to put it away, and his boss turned to the injured soldier and healed his ear, but that was before Christianity.” Frank Bird, Ed.D. D.D. Every…
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I am pondering Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform.” The answer is simple: CARING
Bird Droppings October 29, 2025I am pondering Dr. Carl G. Jung and “school reform.” The answer is simple: CARING. “If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” Carl G. Jung Over the years,…
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Wondering why, on a Tuesday morning, I am taking a few photos of a very foggy sunrise
Bird Droppings October 28, 2025Wondering why, on a Tuesday morning, I am taking a few photos of a very foggy sunrise I watched the debate roughly five years ago from our condo on Pawleys Island. My wife and I escaped for a long weekend. It was to give her a break from a hectic clinic…
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As I get older, each day becomes special, whether I’m playing with grandkids or speaking with my wife and my sons. I cherish each moment of the journey.
Bird Droppings October 27, 2025 As I get older, each day becomes special, whether I’m playing with grandkids or speaking with my wife and my sons. I cherish each moment of the journey. My mother’s spirit passed on several years ago. My father was several years before her. She went to sleep and moved on…
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I wonder if you can get moon burn. Trying to get pictures of moonflowers.
Bird Droppings October 24, 2025I wonder if you can get moon burn. Trying to get pictures of moonflowers. I was up early in the morning, getting grandkiddos ready for school and fixing breakfast for a few extra folks. I remembered I had several seed pods left on my datura plants, jimson weed, and moonflower. I…
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I was eating some leftover chicken and rice casserole with broccoli and thinking about the circle of life.
Bird Droppings October 23, 2025 I was eating some leftover chicken and rice casserole with broccoli and thinking about the circle of life. I made a huge pan of chicken and rice casserole with broccoli a couple of days ago and had plenty of leftovers. So I am sitting at my computer working on my…
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Listening to a five-note flute and pondering at a Honda dealer, and always synchronicity.
Bird Droppings October 22, 2025Listening to a five-note flute and pondering at a Honda dealer, and always synchronicity. I arise relatively early, even on my days off from my part-time teaching, and try to do some serious writing. Each morning, I go chasing sunrises. I am up at my corner store for conversation and to…
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I am sitting by my computer, thinking of a circle.
Bird Droppings October 21, 2025I am sitting by my computer, thinking of a circle. I missed the last rerun of a favorite miniseries, Into the West, and one of these days, I will find it streaming somewhere. The movie starts and ends with a circle of stones with a line going east to west and…
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Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education, along with switchbacks.
Bird Droppings October 20, 2025 Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education, along with switchbacks. In years past, before my son got married and took his dog Timber with him, I sometimes missed waking up to him barking because he needed…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 