The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings April 23, 2024 Eating some leftover chicken parmesan and thinking about the circle of life A couple of days ago, I made a huge pan of chicken parmesan and had plenty of leftovers. So I am sitting at my computer working on my Birddroppings and dissertation, eating some. Several things have led me…

Bird Droppings April 22, 2024 Being reborn is listening with the heart So often in life, we hear words, rationalize those utterances, develop an opinion, and then logically state a response. I returned to a conversation discussing existentialism with my granddaughter one night nearly twelve years ago as she cooed and babbled, trying her best…

Bird Droppings April 21, 2024Is curriculum sacred? My wife and I have been talking about taking a few days hiatus to head to the South Carolina coast with no schedule and little baggage. Just a spur-of-the-moment trip. I was thinking about our last crazy trip, which included a nursery or two, tourist traps, museums, and…

Bird Droppings April 19, 2024My friend Trooper pondering, remembering and digesting the stories. My youngest grandson turns four today, and my wife and I were talking about Facetiming later with Henry. I was outside today dodging raindrops, getting some photos, and grabbing a biscuit from the corner store. Now, sitting quietly makes you think, remember,…

Bird Droppings April 17, 2024 I am eating some leftover chicken parmesan and thinking about the circle of life. I made a huge pan of chicken parmesan a few days back and had plenty of leftovers. So I am sitting at my computer working on my Birddroppings and dissertation, eating some. Several things have led…

Bird Droppings April 16, 2024Can we find Truth in an untruthful world? For the third or fourth time, I reread a book titled Every Day is a good day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women by the late Wilma Mankiller. Mankiller was the past Chief of The Cherokee Nation and a Native American Activist, author, lecturer,…

Bird Droppings April 12, 2024 Making a difference each day “Dialogue is the encounter between men, mediated by the world, in order to name the world” Paulo Freire A Brazilian educationalist and one of the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century used the term dialogue in his writing. As I read a bit…

Bird Droppings April 11, 2024I’m not too fond of shopping, but I like Kroger. About ten years back, I spent nearly a week using ice packs as heat extractors for my computer until getting the fan fixed. It was interesting. Two similar thoughts came to me this morning as I started the day out. One…

Bird Droppings April 7, 2024Ethics and Politics: I think they are antonyms So many things are happening in our world that are often whims of a politician we voted for or, sometimes, even against. Industry is being remade, wars are being fought, jobs are appearing and disappearing, and health care reform is possibly off and…

Bird Droppings April 5, 2024Wind in the trees can be peaceful and or bring fear. Over the past weeks, several storms have come through the area. Three nights back, just before I went to bed, according to the weather, we would get another storm during the night. My granddaughter was staying with us, and during…