The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Life

  • To die a happy death:

    Bird Droppings February 21, 2026 To die a happy death: My mother’s spirit passed on five years ago. She went to sleep and moved on. As I ponder my thoughts for today, I always think about education. I have been teaching public high school for nearly 20 years, elementary school for 2, and college for…

  • It has been a long time, and yet, it is only a moment.

    Bird Droppings February 20, 2026It has been a long time, and yet, it is only a moment. I was sitting along the edge of reality one evening a few days back after having a bad day with bronchitis and asthma. Somewhere, I was in my backyard, listening to the wind as it blew through the…

  • Patience

    Bird Droppings February 15 2026 Patience Since 2003, I have pondered the idea of a book, Bird Droppings, a teacher journal. The idea came from my daily postings I was using with students and started sharing through social media in the early days, with email and MySpace. In 2009, I began using WordPress for my…

  • Just an observation, or am I seeing something totally different than you 

    Bird Droppings February 11, 2026Just an observation, or am I seeing something totally different than you  “I am that I am”. I read that somewhere many years ago, a simple definition of someone. As I look at its simplicity, are we not all who we are? I grew up in a middle-class family first in…

  • Perhaps I had a vision while walking and driving under the moonlight.

    Bird Droppings February 6, 2026 Perhaps I had a vision while walking and driving under the moonlight. In my crazy way of looking at reality, I will gauge my day on my morning observations. Today, thirteen deer, a gray fox, and a harrier. I have been trying to get a good photo of the Hrrier…

  • The impact of synchronicity, or perhaps you could say, in my life, the saga of synchronicity

    Bird Droppings February 5, 2026The impact of synchronicity, or perhaps you could say, in my life, the saga of synchronicity I walked out into my backyard to my medicine circle. We’ve got two wind chimes, and every once in a while, the chimes will sound as the breeze picks up. I just walked through my…

  • Another thought as winter sets in and my feet are getting cold

    Bird Droppings February 4, 2026Another thought as winter sets in and my feet are getting cold “Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.” Chief Joseph We have had some nights here this week with temperatures below 20 degrees. Not sure whether to start building a fire in the fireplace or crank…

  • Green Bay, Wisconsin, is cold. Did Lombardi ever wear gloves?

    Bird Droppings January 27, 2026Green Bay, Wisconsin, is cold. Did Lombardi ever wear gloves?  “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up.” Vince Lombardi It has been a few days since I used a Lombardi quote. It could be the temperature in the teens got me thinking about Lombardi. Years…

  • Telling our grandchildren the stories is crucial and can be fun

    Bird Droppings January 25, 2026Telling our grandchildren the stories is crucial and can be fun “I wanted to give something of my past to my grandson. So, I took him into the woods to a quiet spot. Seated at my feet he listened as I told him of the powers that were given to each…

  • Maybe some snow and ice and silence

    Bird Droppings January 23, 2026Maybe some snow and ice and silence “I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are, for the most part, more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers.” Henry David Thoreau, Solitude, Walden, 1854 There has been an attraction…