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Is it not an Emerson day?

Bird Droppings July 7, 2026 Is it not an Emerson day? Last night I was extremely tired after not getting much sleep the previous night, yard work, graduate schoolwork, and cooking supper for everyone. About fourteen years ago, while I was sitting and writing, my wife called me to see the sunset, which was gorgeous.…

July 7, 2026
Should we look within to who we really are?

Bird Droppings July 6, 2026 Should we look within to who we really are? Amazing what a day or two out of routine will do. I did not get on my computer and do anything of a writing sort the past two days, knowing that with the rest of the coming week, my next few…

July 6, 2026
All about how you feed the wolves

Bird Droppings July 5, 2026All about how you feed the wolves I walked outside very early this morning to a sky filled with stars and wisps of clouds floating by. Crickets were almost together, chirping slowly in the cool morning. My morning started long before sunrise today, and the sounds I heard as I walked…

July 5, 2026
Pondering and thinking, wiping away a tear or two, and why do we have a Department of War?

Bird Droppings July 22, 2025 Pondering and thinking, wiping away a tear or two, and why do we have a Department of War? I was outside very early today, as I always do, chasing sunrises. After I get my computer work started, I will do my laps in the pool. A great horned owl was…

July 3, 2026
Why is it so hard to listen to a child?

Bird Droppings July 2, 2026Why is it so hard to listen to a child? Sitting here by myself writing just after driving around searching for a sunrise and reminiscing, I recall listening to some children. It has been some time since I was sitting in my classroom in C-Hall when a friend came by with…

July 2, 2026
Trying to find a way back to normal, or is it abnormal? Is your child a hippie?

Bird Droppings June 23, 2026 Trying to find a way back to normal, or is it abnormal? Is your child a hippie? “Your son or daughter may be flashing warning signals that he or she will soon drop out of society and join the “hippie” movement. If you know what to look for, you may be…

June 23, 2026
Isn’t friendship a rather simple concept? Why do I find it so hard to ponder?

Bird Droppings June 17, 2026Isn’t friendship a rather simple concept? Why do I find it so hard to ponder? Recently, I had the mother of three former students tell me how much her sons and daughter thought of me while I was coming into my favorite store, Kroger. So here I am, sitting at the…

June 17, 2026
Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?

Bird Droppings June 14, 2026Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark? “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to…

June 14, 2026
Grandparenting/Teaching is telling our students and grandchildren the stories so they can tell them to their grandchildren.

Bird Droppings June 13, 2026 Grandparenting/Teaching is telling our students and grandchildren the stories so they can tell them to their grandchildren. I have been reading a significant amount of material on testing, of all things, and how to design an assessment. Over the years, I have always come back to portfolios as one of…

June 13, 2026
What does it take for that light bulb to go on?

Bird Droppings June 11, 2026What does it take for that light bulb to go on? It has been nearly twenty years since my doctoral cohort at Georgia Southern ended, and we began the journey on our own. For a couple of semesters, I was a member of a new cohort at Piedmont College and wandering…

June 11, 2026

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