The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: fiction

  • Why would someone rather send a photo than write? I tend to do both; that solves the problem.

    Bird Droppings June 12, 2026 Why would someone rather send a photo than write? I tend to do both; that solves the problem. “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley 1965, I was introduced to this author in a tenth-grade English…

  • Should we be kissing frogs on a chilly, wet morning? Granted, it could be a poison arrow dart frog, and regardless, it is still hard.

    Bird Droppings June 7, 2026Should we be kissing frogs on a chilly, wet morning? Granted, it could be a poison arrow dart frog, and regardless, it is still hard. It has been on the chilly side here in northeast Georgia over the past few days, with nighttime temperatures hanging in the low sixties. However, the…

  • Bird Droppings May 31, 2026 A chill in the air but not in the heart; thank you, Maya Angelou. For several days now, we have been balancing between warm and cool weather in the early mornings, which, on some mornings, is too cold for the crickets and tree frogs who need an ambient temperature a…

  • My friend Trooper pondering, remembering and digesting the stories.

    Bird Droppings April 19, 2026My friend Trooper pondering, remembering and digesting the stories. My youngest grandson turned six today, and my wife and I were talking about Facetiming with Henry later. I was outside today chasing a sunrise that ended in a swirl of clouds and a weather report calling for rain. The wind was…

  • Sometimes I feel like I am missing a day.

    Bird Droppings April 6, 2026Sometimes I feel like I am missing a day. So often, I speak of coincidences in life. A few evenings back, while helping my wife with some graphics and issues in a class she was teaching, I also thought about a new Bird Droppings. Some ideas had hit me, and I…

  • The inability to surmount learning difficulties

    Bird Droppings March 25, 2026The inability to surmount learning difficulties I will borrow from old droppings and share them again, perhaps in the future when the message is important to me. In one of my last IEP meetings, my student was reaffirmed, yes, you do have a deficit in math according to state testing.  However,…

  • I am sitting by my computer, thinking of a circle.

    Bird Droppings October 21, 2025I am sitting by my computer, thinking of a circle. I missed the last rerun of a favorite miniseries, Into the West, and one of these days, I will find it streaming somewhere. The movie starts and ends with a circle of stones with a line going east to west and…

  • For some, creating and writing in a digital world is difficult.

    Bird Droppings October 13, 2025For some, creating and writing in a digital world is difficult. “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965, I was introduced to this author in a tenth-grade English Class. The book Brave New World was…

  • Why are we not seeking peace?

    Bird Droppings September 17, 2025Why are we not seeking peace? “In this week of great destruction, we must each choose what road we are to walk and live. The road of destruction is war; it has always been so. The road of creation is deeper and more complicated; it has always involved forgiveness, love, light,…

  • A chill in the air but not in the heart, thank you Maya Angelou

    Bird Droppings September 15, 2025 A chill in the air but not in the heart, thank you Maya Angelou For several days the now we have been balancing between warm and cold weather in the early mornings which still is too cold for the crickets and tree frogs who need an ambient temperature a bit…