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  • Teaching is always climbing up another rung

    Bird Droppings November 16, 2016 Teaching is always climbing up another rung   Today was a hard day for me. I have been hit hard with a seasonal allergy sinus issue and smoke from North Georgia is definitely not helping. Our house is heated with gas and the dry heat does me in every year.…

  • While deadly a spider spins to survive

    Bird Droppings November 15, 2016 While deadly a spider spins to survive “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.S. D.D. Every other Facebook post is…

  • I am still trying to figure out teaching

    Bird Droppings November 14, 2016 I am still trying to figure out teaching   The names are withheld but on my Facebook page a few years back. “Good morning Mr. Bird , I would like to thank you for being a great teacher, my son John Doe speaks highly of you, John has grown up…

  • Teacher’s need to consult their hearts

    Bird Droppings November 9, 2016 Teacher’s need to consult their hearts   I was amazed walking out this morning to the car and 45 degrees no frogs chirping away. We have the day off Friday and I have much to do. I was going through some research material and pulled out a little book. It…

  • I am always finding where community exists

    Bird Droppings November 8, 2016 I am always finding where community exists   “I am sitting listening to Allman Brother’s Fillmore East CD on a Tuesday morning a moon hidden in our infrequent lately clouds outside. As I drove to school today I had several thoughts streaming through my head. How do two people see…

  • Gratitude is an action

    Bird Droppings November 7, 2016 Gratitude is an action   “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle, 1854   Most mornings I am driving to school about…

  • Can we think about compassion in today’s world?

    Bird Dropping November 1, 2016 Can we think about compassion in today’s world?   “We are only human, and the demands of life make a raucous noise. But we must not let those demands drown out the quieter voices of the spirit. We must take time to stop and listen, knowing that the voice of…

  • Words not spoken are some of the most profound wisdom

    Bird Droppings October 28, 2016 Words not spoken are some of the most profound wisdom   I am sitting at least thinking about writing papers for grad school and words is what is on my mind right now. I just commented on a Facebook post about learning languages and how I know enough in several…

  • All is connected and intertwined

    Bird Droppings October 25, 2016 All is connected and intertwined   As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and walked out to a quiet spot where I meditate something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer threads of life interconnected with everything. They were iridescent and softly…

  • I am searching for answers in reflection and thought

    Bird Droppings October 21, 2016 I am searching for answers in reflection and thought   Yesterday I was wished a happy birthday by a friend on Facebook and it got me thinking a week ahead that soon I would be another year older. Yesterday was not my birthday and it is coming up far too…