The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Frank Bird III

  • TIME

    Bird Droppings May 26, 2011 Time Somewhere in my wanderings yesterday I forgot to save my droppings. Seldom in eleven years of writing nearly daily have a missed saving to various folders by month and year any of my daily wanderings. For some reason I had my days mixed up backwards or such forgot about…

  • Seeking balance while walking on a see saw

    Bird Droppings May 25, 2011 Seeking balance while walking on a see saw I walked in my room today and decided my stuffed eland on the wall; the largest African antelope needed a scarf. I had used a piece of rope around its neck to balance it better against the wall. (Clarification I do not…

  • Listening with the heart

    Bird Droppings May 24, 2011 Listening with the heart So often in life we tend to hear words we rationalize those utterances and develop an opinion and then logically state a response. Sitting discussing existentialism with my grand daughter last night as she coos and babbles trying her best to formulate words her emotions however…

  • Small is often BIG

    Bird Droppings May 23, 2011 Small is many times BIG Yesterday I took care of my grand daughter so my son and his wife could spend the day with some friends at Six Flags over Georgia. I find it amazing how a conversation with a five month old can be so enlightening. Her eyes sort…

  • Graduates desire is the key

    Bird Droppings May 21, 2011 Graduates desire is the key Four years ago Friday I had the privilege to hear my niece give the salutatorian speech at her graduation from Metter High School in Metter Ga. Metter is still has primarily an agrarian economy and driving from my in-laws to the school we passed by…

  • Children Learn what they Live

    Bird Droppings May 20, 2011 Children Learn what they Live It is such a beautiful morning and quiet out side, I had the opportunity to sit and meditate for nearly an hour under the full moon today. I took our dog out and the air was still and nearly silent however the quiet and sounds…

  • Life is about practice

    Bird Droppings May 19, 2011 Life is about practice “There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.” Richard Nelson I went out several days ago to get photos of football practice at our school. We have a scrimmage game with our offense…

  • A new morning

    Bird Droppings May 18, 2011 A new morning Last night I drove up to the corner store to get gas for my wife’s car. When I returned the sounds of the evening were stilled from the chill al the humming, whistling, chirping and barking that should have been going on was still. Living in the…

  • A beginning to an end

    Bird Droppings May 17, 2011 A beginning to the end “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein A few days ago I…

  • A firefly crossed my path

    Bird Droppings May 16, 2011 A fire fly crossed my path I wonder how many even notice when a firefly crosses our path. Most people will not even stop to look at such an insignificant moment in time. It has been a bit to cold for fireflies so far this year in our part of…