The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Frank Bird III

  • Listening to stillness

    Bird Droppings February 13, 2011 Listening to stillness I was sitting alone this morning as I do most mornings the ambient temperature is still a bit too cold to hear many early morning sounds down in the bottoms along the stream or towards the field. The air was still saving for a single car leaving…

  • More snow and silence

    Bird Droppings February 10, 2011 More snow and silence “I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” Henry David Thoreau, Solitude, Walden, 1854 There has been an attraction for me…

  • Trying to understand the word courage

    Bird Droppings February 9, 2011 Trying to understand the word courage I walked outside just a few minutes ago to a clear cold sky. Stars scattered about over my head and my dog running trying to chase the phantom coyote wrapping the lead around my ankles. A few days ago we were to have another…

  • Courage is more than an act it is living

    Bird Droppings February 8, 2011 Courage is more than an act it is living Today I was out and about much earlier than normal which got me off to a later writing and pondering time than usual. Traditionally I start each morning going through emails and checking blog sites for news. Over the past years…

  • Interconnectivity of all that is

    Bird Droppings February 7, 2011 Interconnectivity of all that is “Every footstep is the journey. Every sight, every sound, every touch and taste and smell with which we are blessed is the journey. All of the colors before us are the journey, and we are the journey. May we always keep our feet on Mother…

  • We are where we need to be NOW

    Bird Droppings February 5, 2011 We are where we need to be NOW “St. Therese’s Prayer: May today there be peace within. May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts…

  • Solitude is within ones soul and heart

    Bird Droppings February 2, 3, and now 4, 2011 Solitude is within ones soul and heart “No person, standing before this mystery, has the wisdom or the knowledge to see across the curtain. But for those who stand before their dead with aching hearts and tear filled eyes, one affirmation endures..one truth remains…and one light…

  • Reflectiing about Dr. Carl G. Jung

    Bird Droppings February 1, 2011 Reflecting 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 this with myself in dealing…

  • Counting Knuckles

    Bird Droppings January 31, 2011 Counting knuckles On Friday a student asked what day of the month Monday would be and I responded January 31 and just as quick another said he thought it was the first. I said no it was the 31st and he proceeded to count his knuckles, “a knuckle has 31…

  • How do we know if we are still human?

    Bird Droppings January 27, 2011 How do we know if we are still human? Perhaps it is from growing up in a situation where we were aware of special needs children and adults directly from the birth of our younger brother till his passing almost fifteen years ago that those in my family have had…