The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Frank Bird III

  • How do we find democracy?

    Bird Droppings October 20-21, 2010 How do we find democracy? I often wonder why we have a dog last night was one of those as raced to get to the vet to pick our dog up after being boarded while we were in Florida. I some how hit every red light and every small batch…

  • It is all connected and intertwined

    Bird Droppings October 9, 2010 It is all connected and intertwined As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and walked out to a quiet spot where I meditate something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer threads of life interconnected with everything. They were iridescent and softly…

  • What if truth prevailed?

    Bird Droppings October 6, 2010 What if Truth prevailed I started my morning as I do so many mornings walking out into the stillness of the hour but today with a chill in the air all was silent. Air conditioners busy through one of the hottest summers I have lived in Georgia now nearly forty…

  • Should Children be left behind

    Bird Droppings October 4, 2010 Should children be left behind? “I was in another lifetime one of toil and blood, when blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud. I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form. ‘Come in’ she said ‘I’ll give you shelter from the storm’.” Bob…

  • Wondering why on a Friday Morning

    Bird Droppings October 1, 2010 Wondering why on a Friday morning “I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future and…

  • Can the soul be defined and or codified part 2

    September 29, 2010 Can soul be defined and codified part 2 “Soul is different from spirit, the deep soul is the way we live everyday, our longings and our fears.” Thomas Moore It has been nearly Twenty years since I first read a book written by Thomas Moore. I picked up a copy of The…

  • Trying to clear your head

    Bird Droppings September 21, 2010 Trying to clear your head “The hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” Carl G. Jung I have been a fan of Jung for some time perhaps as I like his view of having more than simply a black and white view of psychology…

  • Philosophy

    PROCESSIONAL ALL guests are seated. SONG: When I’m 64 Grandmothers seated Mothers seated SONG: Today I Met the Boy I’m Going to Marry Frank Bird, Matt Bird and Kathleen Snyder enter from right Trae Veal Skyla Morris Gill Arquisola Tiffany Morris Jacob Baird Katie Sumner John Bird Paige Sforzo Frankie Bird Morgan Robey Jonathan Hiers…

  • Being human

    Bird Droppings September 19, 2010 Being human “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” Mother Teresa Such a simple opportunity for us as humans and we have been given that with recent events be it floods, earth quakes, mining disasters, poverty, and so many more events world wide that impact feeding…

  • I can’t do it

    Bird Droppings September 17-18, 2010 I can’t do it “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” St. Francis of Assisi I was giving a make up test in a literature class yesterday when a student asked why he should even take the test he was going…