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Foxfire is a name for a fungus glowing in the dark until you wander up Black Rock Mountain.
Bird Droppings December 4, 2024Foxfire is a name for a fungus glowing in the dark until you wander up Black Rock Mountain. A few weeks back, I was involved in another synchronous adventure, as I am daily. I have been thinking about it ever since. I have been a fan of Carl Jung and the idea…
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Perception is often the beginning of the discussion and, for some, the end.
Bird Droppings December 1, 2024 Perception is often the beginning of the discussion and, for some, the end. A dear friend brought up a conversation with a flat earth believer the other day. This person he had been talking with essentially disavowed science in many areas. My son offered that Mars is visibly round from…
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Who would have thought that a buffalo snort in the dark could impact me twenty-five years later?
Bird Droppings November 24, 2024 Who would have thought that a buffalo snort in the dark could impact me twenty-five years later? “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…
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A look at essential Bird Pedagogy if you want to use a fancy word
Bird Droppings November 21, 2024 A look at essential Bird Pedagogy if you want to use a fancy word Almost fourteen years ago, I read an article and an interview with Arne Duncan, the former Secretary of Education. Considering the impact COVID-19 has had on high school and college sports, these thoughts are interesting. I…
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Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching
Bird Droppings November 18, 2024Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching I seldom have a difficult time sleeping. I crashed last night after a long day of cleaning up after my grandkids and a really long weekend trying to keep up with my wife. My wife said I was too lenient, so I should…
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Teachers need to consult their hearts more
Bird Droppings November 15, 2024 Teachers need to consult their hearts more I was amazed walking out this morning to the car. It was 45 degrees, and a few frogs were still chirping away. I was going through some research material and pulled out a little book. It has been several years since I found…
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Translating and communicating
Bird droppings November 13, 2024Translating and communicating “Scientific management is always on guard against people who don’t fit securely into boxes, whether because of too much competency, too much creativity, too much popularity, or what have you. Although often hired, it is with the understanding they must be kept on a short leash and regarded…
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Do we teach, or are we taught
Bird Droppings November 4, 2024 Do we teach, or are we taught I went up into the mountains of North Georgia Saturday to visit some of my favorite areas in Rabun County. Along the way, we stopped at our traditional Tallulah Gorge Lookout point. The old tourist store and location are closed, but it’s still…
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The Power of Example goes beyond the curriculum and seeps into life.
Bird Droppings October 30, 2024The Power of Example goes beyond the curriculum and seeps into life. “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans For nearly…
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Foxfire is a name for a fungus glowing in the dark until you wander up Black Rock Mountain in Rabun County, Georgia, and find it is so much more.
Bird Droppings October 29, 2024Foxfire is a name for a fungus glowing in the dark until you wander up Black Rock Mountain in Rabun County, Georgia, and find it is so much more. A few weeks back, I was involved in another synchronous adventure, as I am daily. I have been thinking about it ever since.…
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The daily meanderings of a teacher 