The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Chief Seattle

  • A tapestry woven and each thread interconnects

    Bird Droppings November 26, 2011 A tapestry woven as each thread interconnects “For certain fortunate people there is something that transcends all classifications of behavior, and that is awareness, something which rises from the programming of the past, and that is spontaneity; and something that is more rewarding than games and that is intimacy. But…

  • Interconnected

    Bird Droppings November 7, 2011 Interconnected “I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work the more of it I seem to have.” Coleman Cox Over the past eleven years I have attended maybe thousands of sporting and or other school events. Some were entertaining and other exciting as students that I knew…

  • Looking for the passion

    Bird Droppings August 18, 2011 Looking for the passion “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric Berne, The games people play In…

  • Healing is in all of us

    Bird Droppings July 10, 2011 Healing is in all of us “The first fact that distinguishes the human species from all others is that we are born too soon. We arrive incapable of taking care of ourselves for something like fifteen years.” Joseph Campbell, Pathways to bliss, 2004 It is so easy to get up…

  • Watching a hawk fly by

    Bird Droppings April 26, 2011 Watching a hawk fly by I was able to attend part of a region track meet last week and in doing so took a few photos as I tend to do. Since I was not able to get to the meet till after school and since it started before school…