Bird Droppings February 27, 2012 Thinking for a minute of what to write   Over the past few weeks I have read several blogs and emails about counting sheep and last night as I lay down to get some sleep after a long day of working on playing with my grandbaby, reading, and writing, I…

Bird Droppings February 25, 2012 The most powerful of teaching tools; REFLECTION   “It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” Helen Keller   Helen Keller was one of the most envisioned people to have walked the earth yet never for most of her life did she ever see anything being blind…

Bird Droppings February 24, 2012 Our desire for freedom   “Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom and dignity. It is not enough, as communist systems have assumed, merely to provide people with food, shelter and clothing. Human nature needs to breathe the precious air of…

Bird Droppings February 23, 2012 Trying to raise a Flag   Growing up as a child I recall the many stories my father would tell, stories of World War II, of Grandpa Niper, and my favorite stories of Native American warriors and chiefs. I am amused as my youngest son says back in the day.…

Bird Droppings February 22, 2012 Walking to the car and looking at stars   I started to school earlier than usual arriving about 4:35 or so and no one is here. Now that event in and of its self is not for many significant since most folks would simply say well yeah who would be…

Bird Droppings February 20, 2012 Getting back to my routine   “If we can’t take the time out of our lives to stay a moment and listen to one of the best musicians on Earth play some of the best music ever written; if the surge of modern life so overpowers us that we are…

Bird Droppings February 18, 2012 A blue sky and warm weather   It has been an almost nonexistent winter here in Georgia, I had to wear a jacket maybe once and we had no snow on the ground at all this winter. Actually being out of school the past week has given me time to…

  Bird Droppings February 17, 2012 Such a simple word JOY!             When I was planning my day yesterday I was originally going to drive down to Georgia Southern University and make a stop in Macon at the Indian Mounds but the day changed directions. My next thought was to head up to the Foxfire property…

Bird Droppings February 16, 2012 A cloudy morning pondering about Dr. Carl G. Jung   “If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” Carl G. Jung   Over the years I have seen…