The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: jesus

  • The fragility and power of life

    Bird Droppings January 16, 2025 The fragility and power of life I was awakened early with a vivid dream this morning. I am also getting old and needed to take a potty break. Hearing a teenager, I assume, tearing out of our subdivision about two in the morning also did not help my sleep. Around…

  • Looking in the direction of my journey in life to start the morning

    Bird Droppings December 10, 2025Looking in the direction of my journey in life to start the morning “Beginnings start in the east – from where the sun rises, we begin a new dawn. Each day is a good new day with a fresh beginning, a new start. East is the direction of the physical body…

  • Bird Droppings November 14, 2025Searching for a flower, the butterfly pea (Clitoria marina), in the winter or is it gone now forever Interestingly, I had two thoughts earlier in the morning, when I started the day, that made me think of the butterfly pea. One I heard on the radio was that I was heading…

  • Waiting for a miracle on some occasions can take some time.

    Bird Droppings November 10, 2025 Waiting for a miracle on some occasions can take some time. I wrote this piece over twenty years ago, and it remains a cherished part of my heart. Miracle is a word often used by people of faith. It is an explanation for things that happen with no apparent cause…

  • Should we be pondering the idea of faith or maybe trust?

    Bird Droppings November 3, 2025Should we be pondering the idea of faith or maybe trust? “Modern technology advanced in such tiny increments for so long that we never realized how much our world was being altered, or the ultimate direction of the process. But now the speed of change is accelerating logarithmically. It is apparent…

  • 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 October 18, 2025Should 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 was on the chilly side and wet here in northeast Georgia, with nighttime temperatures hanging in the low sixties. However, a rumor of a nice…

  • Taking small steps is a key component of patience

    Bird Droppings September 30, 2025 Taking small steps is a key component of patience “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great   ambitions.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How many times are we told “take your time”? So often in life, we are anxious to get the job finished or…

  • Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand

    Bird Droppings September 29, 2025 Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand Many years ago, I was sitting alongside a fence in a field far away from houses and people, and I watched a spider spin a web. We see webs all around, and I read there are thousands of spiders per acre in any…

  • Trust and how we have such a hard time with it

    Bird Droppings  September 21, 2025Trust and how we have such a hard time with it So many special events coming up, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and more “possible” rain to end this dry spell, and best of all, three more weeks till fall break. If I were to go out and cut down a tree, I wonder…

  • Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods

    Bird Droppings September 10. 2025 Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods I walked outside earlier, as I do many mornings, listening, observing, trying to understand this reality I am walking about within. The sky was brilliant this morning, with a slight haze settling over the lake and the cornfield and a few visible clouds.…