The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: jesus

  • Life and its alternatives become more of an issue as each year goes by

    Bird Droppings January 19, 2025Life and its alternatives become more of an issue as each year goes by Morning has been a special time for me each day, a new beginning. Several aspects make it special. The first one is heading out to chase sunrise and listening to Carlos Nakai’s flute music. It is a…

  • 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 need to take a potty break. Hearing what the rain and a teenager, I assume tearing out of our subdivision about two in the morning, also did not…

  • We must try and care

    Bird Droppings January 12, 2025 We must try and care So far, for this year and the tail end of last year, all the snow, sleet, and ice predicted have shown up, and it’s cold, wet, and nasty. It has been unseasonably colder than usual, with scatterings of warm weather still only a few nights…

  • Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box in terms of learning

    Bird Droppings January 9, 2024 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box in terms of learning I was thinking back to nearly twenty years when history was made, as a new president was sworn in, and one of my students came into class and asked to start working on his assignments.…

  • Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box

    Bird Droppings December 15, 2024 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box I was thinking back to nearly fifteen years when history was made, as a new president was sworn in, and one of my students came into class and asked to start working on his assignments. I did not beg…

  • Bird Droppings December 11, 2024 Venting a bit on a Wednesday Morning I was slack with my daily photography and journaling the past week. I have missed a few days with doctor appointments and rain. Yesterday, I read several alarming posts on friends’ pages on Facebook and internet news sites. I followed links, and they…

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

    Bird Droppings December 2, 2024 Waiting for a miracle on some occasions can take some time I wrote this piece nearly twenty years ago, and it still has a place in my heart. Miracle is a word used often by people of faith. It is an explanation for things that happen with no apparent cause…

  • Can we use the word sacred truthfully, or is it purely mythical?

    Bird Droppings November 25, 2024Can we use the word sacred truthfully, or is it purely mythical? “Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of freedom I…

  • Teachers need to consult their hearts more

    Bird Droppings November 15, 2024 Teachers need to consult their hearts more I was amazed walking out this morning to the car. It was 45 degrees, and a few frogs were still chirping away. I was going through some research material and pulled out a little book. It has been several years since I found…

  • Searching for integrity or is it a useless endeavor

    Bird Droppings October 24, 2024Searching for integrity or is it a useless endeavor “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not…