The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Frank Bird III

  • gratitude

    Bird Droppings March 22, 2011 Gratitude Far too often we forget to be thankful for what we have and perhaps for what we do not have. I tend to rise at an early hour and sit check emails and review ideas for my daily journaling and of late go in to see if my grandbaby…

  • Children learn what they teach

    Bird Droppings March 21, 2011 Children Teach what they Live It is a dreary and overcast morning and quiet out side cool not cold and the weather person said might get up to 70 degrees today in the afternoon. So it is not a bad day but not quite as nice as it has been…

  • Trying to understand

    Bird Droppings March 19, 2011 Trying to understand It has been interesting this spring weather wise. I have been battling allergies and sinus issues daily between freezes and rain and then not enough rain and the pollen. When I headed to school today I had been thinking about the many years of daily writing and…

  • HAve we sold our souls?

    Bird Droppings March 18, 2011 Have we sold our souls? Morning is a special time for me a beginning is an easy way to say it. Today I went out a bit early from the house to gas up my wives car. As I drove back to the house an owl was sitting on the…

  • Listening to Southern Rock and Roll

    Bird Droppings March 17, 2011 Listening to southern rock and roll Today as I am sitting quietly typing and listening to The Allman Brothers Band playing. Yesterday I received an email from a friend who had just moved it seems there were few jobs in her immediate area and application after application had turned up…

  • Do we fail ourselves?

    Bird Droppings March 15, 2011 Do we fail ourselves? I left the house just before the rain, sort of sounds like a song starting off. An old Neil Young song Last Trip to Tulsa starts something like that. Anyhow I drove on down the road went by QT since I forgot my water bottle at…

  • An owl calling

    Bird Droppings March 14, 2011 An owl calling I wrote this a little over five years ago however last night early in the morning a great horned owl called several times waking me up and brought back many memories and thoughts. Combining that with a posting of a James Redfield quote and a friends comment…

  • Can we change things?

    Bird Droppings March 13, 2011 Can we change things? It has been a rather long day with a drive to Colombia South Carolina to look at snakes and lizards and such at a reptile show with two of my sons. Eight hours in the car and taking pictures of King Cobras and Eye lash vipers…

  • Actions speak so much louder than words

    Bird Droppings March 12, 2011 Actions speak so much louder than words “You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” Leo Aikman With an election being decided literally for 2012 on a daily basis with all of the political hoopla for…

  • We need to do more than belong

    Bird Droppings March 10, 2011 We need to do more than just belong “Do more than belong; participate. Do more than care; help. Do more than believe; practice. Do more than be fair; be kind, do more than forgive; forget. Do more than dream; work.” William Arthur Ward As I sit here this morning responding…