The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings December 30, 2009 Selecting your pallet I wrote the basics of this article nearly five years ago and at the time was thinking of an artist friend who was trying to define her art as well as searching for her own meaning in life. My friend often reflects her political views and emotions…

Bird Droppings December 29, 2009 Pondering more as always I was reading an old Sunday Atlanta Journal Constitution article I found an editorial entitled “A one-word explanation? Try greed”, by Editor Joe Bookman. Several lines bothered me and seriously got me pondering after a holiday weekend. Perhaps it is appropriate to consider greed at this…

Bird Droppings December 28, 2009 Naughty or Nice “The best portion of a good man’s life: they are his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.” William Wordsworth One day when you look back and try and remember what was that act or when, you may not remember but the person to whom that…

Bird Droppings December 27, 2009 Silence remembered Yesterday was a long day driving to South Georgia and having Christmas again gifts, food and all the family fun. It was a great day and a tiring one with over five hours of driving and perhaps the drive back was the most fun with my sons and…

Bird Droppings December 26, 2009 You never win getting even! “Everything that has happened in your life to this minute is unchangeable. It’s history. The greatest waste of energy is in looking back at missed opportunities, lamenting past events, grudge collecting, getting even, harboring ill will, and any vengeful thinking. Success is the only acceptable…

Bird Droppings December 23, 2009 Finding our piece and or purpose in the puzzle of life “We are not all called to be great. But we are called to reach out our hands to our brothers and sisters, and to care for the earth in the time we are given” Kent Nerburn, Small Graces It…

Bird Droppings December 18, 2009 Sometimes we need to clean our ears Kind of sort of gross to ponder ear wax and all, but I was thinking more symbolically as I sat here this quiet cold morning. So often in life we hear within our own perception and really do not hear what is actually…

Bird Droppings December 15, 2009 Seeing a gray world in color “Stress is the body and mind’s response to any pressure that disrupts its normal balance. It occurs when our perceptions of events don’t meet our expectations and we don’t manage our reaction to the disappointment. As a response, stress expresses itself as resistance, tension,…

Bird Droppings December 14, 2009 Do we demand or earn respect? Nearing the middle of a month and a with a New Year coming, it seems spring is only a few days away. A few Saturday’s back was an interesting day as I ran my errands. As it happens often, I ended up at a…

Bird Droppings December 11, 2009 One more Try “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” J. Askenberg Sitting here this morning after walking one of the dogs out into one of the coldest nights and mornings of this year and trying to warm…