Bird Droppings April 2, 2012 A song of the morning   There is a time each day when bird’s first start singing it is generally just before the sun begins to come up. First one and then another start in and soon birds can be heard throughout the trees. I stood trying to focus on…

Bird Droppings April 1, 2010 Seeking peace             Often when sitting and thinking on a clear spring day a bit later than I normally sit down to write I would postpone and maybe come back tomorrow procrastinate is a good word. But I actually had a great excuse my granddaughter is napping nearby and we…

Bird Droppings March 31, 2012 Looking for reasons   “Come; let us put our minds together to see what kind of life we can create for our children.” Sitting Bull, Lakota Sioux   Nearly eleven years has passed since I did a research paper on causes of various emotional issues with children. When I first…

Bird Droppings March 30, 2012 Are we going in the right direction?             Sometimes when I start my day I have no real understanding of the direction and or course of my day. I walked out into a dark morning lit with stars only and knowing somewhere hidden was a moon soon to be showing.…

Bird Droppings March 29, 2012 Can we change our direction or pathway?   Perhaps I spend too much time pondering and sorting through the metaphysics of life actually I have a doctorate in metaphysics somewhere on my wall along with one in theology and now trying to sort through and finish a dissertation on the…

Bird Droppings March 28, 2012 Thinking back to each piece of the puzzle   Officially spring is here and around here daffodils are finishing up and most flowering trees are near full bloom which of course inGeorgiameans voracious amounts of pine pollen, everything is yellow between rains. While cloudy this morning the air is slightly…

Bird Droppings March 27, 2012 A morning meandering here and there   Sitting in my classroom which in many ways for me is a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of reality I wonder as I sit writing pondering the day ahead. I sit listening to the haunting notes of R. Carlos Nakai a…

Bird Droppings March 26, 2012 We are where we need to be at the moment   “We are discovering again that we live in a deeply mysterious world, full of sudden coincidences and synchronistic encounters that seem destined.” James Redfield   Throughout my life I have felt a sense of belonging to that specific moment…

Bird Droppings March 25, 2012 A beginning or end in a circle is where?   “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein…

Bird Droppings March 23, 2012 Can we teach a love of learning?   I bumped into this young lady at the grocery store a few days ago and it had been some time since our last run in. She was one of my secret seniors nearly five years ago. It has been almost five years…