The daily meanderings of a teacher

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  • I am where I need to be

    Bird Droppings September 12, 2016 I am where I need to be “A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.” Dr. Sam Keenre Many the day and time…

  • Ponderingerest is that even a word?

    Bird Droppings September 11, 2016 Ponderingerest is that even a word?   Today is an interesting and yet solemn day; a day marked by memories, fifteen years ago I started teaching again after a twenty three year layoff, ten years ago today I started as a part – time Instructor for Piedmont College. Twenty seven…

  • All is connected and intertwined

    Bird Droppings September 8, 2016 All is connected and intertwined   As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and walked out to my car I thought of my quiet spot where I meditate and something hit me. I generally sit facing east towards the rising sun, daily the gossamer threads of life…

  • Sometimes history is a teacher and others only a memory

    Bird Droppings September 6, 2016 Sometimes history is a teacher and others only a memory   The anniversary of a day that will be a scar on our nation’s history is soon upon us.  On September 15, 1963 an explosion tore through the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, it was a Sunday.…

  • On a chilly morning it is hard to kiss a frog.

    Bird Droppings September 2, 2016 On a chilly morning it is hard to kiss a frog.   It is was a bit chilly out in northeast Georgia with nighttime temperatures still hanging in the high fifties or low sixties but rumor of a nice weekend hanging out there. Many of us gardeners are bringing plants…

  • What about routines?

    Bird Droppings September 1, 2016 What about routines?   We are all creatures of habit and routines. It has been quite a few years ago that my wife called to me in the wee hours of the morning as I was starting to write, our youngest son was sick. A virus had struck hard but…

  • Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert?

    Bird Droppings August 31, 2016 Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert? Yesterday afternoon I was walking about the yard and along the side of our nearby dirt road taking pictures of wildflowers and grasshoppers among other things that I find as ponder. I spent several minutes trying to photograph a seed from a…

  • Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?

      Bird Droppings August 30, 2016 Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?               “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for           the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible…

  • What does it take for the light bulb to go off?

    Bird Droppings August 29, 2016 What does it take for the light bulb to go off?   It has been nearly nine years since my doctoral cohort at Georgia Southern ended and we began the journey on our own. For a couple semesters I was a member of a new cohort at Piedmont College and…

  • How capable do we need to be?

    Bird Droppings August 28, 2016 How capable do we need to be?   What a contrast to only a few weeks ago as the sun was shining and the moon was full as I went out in the wee hours with a crystal clear sky. There was a gentle wind blowing, wind chimes ringing peacefully…