The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings December 19, 2023Sometimes, there is Risk. It has been nearly a year since I drove my wife to work, and while heading back, I caught sight of a glorious sunrise beginning. By the time I got to the house, I had a few minutes to run inside, get a decent camera, and shoot…

Bird Droppings December 18, 2023There are always possibilities. “Life has no limitations except the ones you make.” Les Brown I was riding home from school yesterday, talking with one of my sons, remembering when I was their age. I should say trying to remember when I was their age that would be more appropriate. I…

Birddroppings December 17, 2023 Venting a bit on a Sunday morning I wrote yesterday and was going to be lazy today to prepare for the holiday (go Christmas shopping with my wife). Lately, I have had a severe sinus infection; to be safe, I did several Covid rapid tests, and I did test negative, which…

Bird Droppings December 16, 2023 Should children be left behind? “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained, and he only holds the key to…

Bird Droppings December 11, 2023 Waiting for a miracle I wrote this piece nearly eighteen years ago, and it still has a place in my heart. Miracle is a word used often by people of faith. It is an explanation for things that happen with no apparent cause and or rationale. We all sit waiting…

Bird Droppings December 8, 2023How we perceive is often the beginning of the discussion. A dear friend brought up a conversation with a flat earth believer the other day. This person he had been talking with essentially disavowed science in many areas. My son offered that Mars is visibly round from a telescope and, for…

Bird Droppings December 3, 2023 Sitting, wondering, pondering, and dishwashing Several earlier readings on the internet got me thinking and pondering as I do in a roundabout way. So often, we take our technology for granted.  It has been about seventeen years since we moved into this house and a brand-new dishwasher. About six years…

Bird Droppings November 30, 2023 Teaching as improvisational art using learning as the pallet I wrote the basics of this article nearly sixteen years ago and thought of an artist friend, now a computer programmer, trying to define her art and searching for her meaning in life. My friend often reflected her political views and…

Bird Droppings November 26, 2023Perhaps, within ourselves, is the change we need? I have been away from my computer for a few minutes. Hopefully, by Thursday, I will be emailing my second edited chapter to my dissertation chair. I have a feeling of accomplishment and ending my procrastination. I am not complaining, but I enjoy…

Bird Droppings November 23, 2023I am always finding where community exists. I am sitting listening to Allman Brother’s Fillmore East on a cool Thanksgiving morning. After a few days of sunshine and warm fall weather, rain is coming in, and the temperature has changed. As I drove to the corner store yesterday, I had several…