Bird Droppings May 30, 2013 Wondering about the song lyrics of an old friend I first started listening to Neil Young’s music in 1967 or so possibly even earlier if you count Buffalo Springfield, a short lived band and of course 1968 with Crosby Stills and Nash at Woodstock and Deja vu, their first album…

Morning Droppings May 29, 2013 Do we all have empathy or not? “The capacity for consciousness of ourselves gives us the ability to see ourselves as others see us and to have empathy with others. It underlies our remarkable capacity to transport ourselves into someone else’s parlor where we will be in reality next week,…

Bird Droppings May 28, 2013 What do we consider success to be? “Most of the people we call successful are not twice as smart, or twice as able, as the rest of the field. Indeed, if they are only 10 percent more proficient, this is generally more than enough to give them a consistent edge.”…

Bird Droppings May 27, 2013 Pondering in my search for wisdom I started my day a bit later than normal being out from school and trying to recover from cooking and cleaning getting ready for a shower for my daughter in law and son and grandson to be. Sort of out of sync but my…

Morning Bird Droppings May 24, 2013 Trying to regurgitate a previous days thought I am beginning with a crazy sort of title but then again very specific perhaps. I walked out into a mild morning with a near full moon setting behind the pines, plenty of humidity and whippoorwills calling that almost surrounded me with…

Bird Droppings May 23, 2013 We should many times question our questions? Sitting in my class room after a week of articles and innuendos about who and why Georgia students in high school and middle schools across the state do so poorly on certain CRCT’s and EOCT’s which are Georgia’s version of grade or course…

Bird Droppings May 22, 2013 Sometimes small is many times BIG? I am sitting in the quiet of the high school pondering, thinking, reflecting and writing while listening to the Traveling Wilibury’s Volume one. Yesterday I spent some time as I do every day with my granddaughter. I find it amazing how a conversation with…

Bird Droppings May 21, 2013 Can we imagine? Some days I wonder if adults I know have ever imagined even considered imagination. For example have you ever lain on your back watching clouds trying to determine if this one is a dragon or a whale? I was driving home from Georgia Tech with my son…

Bird Droppings May 20, 2013 Would it not be a great addition to reality TV, The next great teacher? I was sitting mesmerized by the night sounds when the kitchen door opened and my son poked his head out wondering what I was doing. I was not in the mood for TV and the sounds…

Bird Droppings May 19, 2013 Life is about practice On a wet cloudy and stormy Sunday morning in Georgia with a high school graduation only a few hours previous I am thinking ahead. I often wonder at how to tell graduating seniors to ponder and think about the future. How do you build upon what…