The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings April 25, 2022I was quietly listening to Hot Tuna and pondering the word inspiration. It has been some time since I was made aware of Hot Tuna’s band. Sitting here listening to their music takes me back to 1973 or 4 in Macon, Georgia, and the fellow I went to school with. We…

Bird Droppings April 22, 2022 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 21, 2022Can 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 20, 2022Pondering and thinking about the lyrics from an old friend Back in the “normal” days, I stood in line behind a young man in his mid-thirties, and I assumed his wife at a BBQ place at Stone Mountain Park. I know we can argue it is a memorial to the South…

Bird Droppings April 19, 2022 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 made famous the term dialogue in his writing. As I read a…

Bird Droppings April 18, 2022I’m not too fond of shopping, but I like Kroger About five years back, I spent nearly a week using ice packs as heat extractors for my computer until getting the fan fixed. It was interesting. I had two similar thoughts that came to me this morning as I started the…

Bird Droppings April 17, 2022It is said dreams do not stand alone “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” Richard Bach It has been so many years since I first read and experienced Jonathan Livingston Seagull’s whimsical book.…

Bird Droppings April 13, 2022Can we figure out a way to filter it all? “Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” T.S. Elliot Sifting through the tons of information that bombards us daily is a task: emails, text messages, cell phone calls, advertising on…

Bird Droppings April 12, 2022I am going to school another day. So often as I start my writings each morning, there has been an experience recently to build upon. Utilizing these previous experiences provides windows and doors into future experiences borrowing from John Dewey. I was driving through our town months back, and a shop…

Bird Droppings April 12, 2021The great teachers of America: Where do they come from? After my ten-year doctorate leave, I started back to grad school and hopefully will finish up shortly. I am hopeful I can get into teaching education in college. Last year, I finished teaching and retired again from Alcovy high school, and…