The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Kent Nerburn

  • Listening to a philosopher

    Bird Droppings November 29, 2011 Listening to a philosopher A beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and actually rather warm which is surprising as the sky while filled with clouds was clear and most of my students were hoping for snow although hit is still showing up on weather maps further west of…

  • Learn by doing!

    Bird Droppings November 28, 2011 Learning by doing! “We take in information through our senses, but we ultimately learn by doing. First, we watch and listen to others. Then we try doing things on our own. This sparks our interest and generates our motivation to self-discover.” Marcia L. Conner, Learning through Experience So often in…

  • So many thoughts for one day

    Bird Droppings November 13, 2011 So many thoughts for one day I believe I was prepared from childhood to discuss this topic. It has been many years since my first introduction to Native Americans. I was three or four years old when I first remember my father’s stories of Little Strong Arm and Black Eagle.…

  • A path to the top

    Bird Droppings November 8, 2011 A path to the top Sitting in my kitchen I was too lazy to take my computer upstairs this weekend and got listening to a great horned owl calling outside. For several days I have been slowed down by a respiratory infection and literally spent most of the past few…

  • Interconnected

    Bird Droppings November 7, 2011 Interconnected “I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work the more of it I seem to have.” Coleman Cox Over the past eleven years I have attended maybe thousands of sporting and or other school events. Some were entertaining and other exciting as students that I knew…

  • What could be more sacred than life itself?

    Bird Droppings November 1, 2011 What could be more sacred than life itself? Perhaps having been born on All Saints Day in St. Joseph’s Hospital gives me a better insight into the sacred than most normal folk. Of course then I have to consider that soon after I was born the Church dropped All Saints…

  • Can we see new meaning in it

    Bird Droppings August 28, 2011 Can we see a new meaning in it “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 A little…

  • Finding our piece and or place

    Bird Droppings August 16, 2011 Finding our piece and or place “We are not all called to be great. But we are called to reach out our hands to our brothers and sisters, and to care for the earth in the time we are given” Kent Nerburn, Small Graces Many years ago when I lived…

  • Listening intently to a buffalo snort in the dark

    Bird Droppings August 1, 2011 Listening intently to a buffalo snort in the dark “She lifted me up to be embraced by the breeze as she spoke to the wind: “Please recognize this child. Sometimes you will blow strong, sometimes you’ll be gentle, but let him grow up knowing the value of your presence at…

  • Getting Ready

    Bird Droppings July 31, 2011 Getting ready “In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and it’s a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.” Russell Means I walked early this morning just before…