The daily meanderings of a teacher

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  • Is the curriculum sacred or simply someone’s idea of what it should be?

    Bird Droppings April 15, 2025Is the curriculum sacred or simply someone’s idea of what it should be? My wife and I are talking about taking a few days’ hiatus to head to the South Carolina coast with no schedule and little baggage—just a spur-of-the-moment trip. I was thinking back to our last crazy trip, which…

  • How do we know on a cloudy day whether the moon is setting or the sun rising?

    Bird Droppings April 7, 2026How do we know on a cloudy day whether the moon is setting or the sun rising? I left the house relatively early to get pictures of the moon, and since I have been home today, I have been working on writing several responses to reflection posts in my graduate class.…

  • Individuality can be a lonely journey for some of us, a lifelong pathway.

    Bird Droppings March 17, 2026Individuality can be a lonely journey for some of us, a lifelong pathway. It was fifteen years ago that I walked out about 1:30 AM this morning, taking our westie for her constitutional, and off in the pines that are within a hundred feet of our house, several hundred acres of…

  • We need LOVE

    Bird Droppings March 2, 2026We need LOVE Sometimes we use the word “love” so easily. It gets used daily by many folks, yet do we truly have any conception of what we speak. I was just in a conversation, and the word “love” came up, and I responded that we each have our own understanding…

  • Thinking for a minute about what to write and trying not to be political

    Bird Droppings February 25, 2026 Thinking for a minute about what to write and trying not to be political Over the past few weeks, I have read several blogs and emails about counting sheep, and last night, I lay down to get some sleep after a long day and a long week of ankle issues,…

  • Children are being taught as they walk through life.

    Bird Droppings February 2, 2026Children are being taught as they walk through life. It is a beautiful winter day outside, and quiet after a crazy couple of days of severe weather. It seems the solitude of the country has changed rapidly over the past year. A developer bought our subdivision and has built 30 more…

  • Can we ever really get forgiven? It is more than words; it is an action.

    Bird Droppings January 12, 2026Can we ever really get forgiven? It is more than words; it is an action. “Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.” St. Augustine As I grow older, I find our window in this reality is getting…

  • Forgiving is more than words; it is an action.

    Bird Droppings December 28, 2025Forgiving is more than words; it is an action. “Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.” St. Augustine As I grow older, I find our window in this reality is getting smaller compared to all that has…

  • Reconciliation of trust

    Bird Droppings December 27, 2025Reconciliation of trust I came upstairs to look at my photos this morning and to write a morning Birddroppings. I thought back a couple of years. I was talking with my wife; she was headed to a funeral in Dublin, Georgia, for her aunt, who had just passed away. Her G.P.S.…

  • Families and Friends

    Bird Droppings December 19, 2025Families and Friends The holidays are coming here soon. This holiday will be different, and Thanksgiving was less crowded. Pat and I were talking, Thanksgiving will be the sixth in forty-seven years we have had a smaller meal. This semester of graduate school is ending. I have some work to complete.…