The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Life

  • 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…

  • Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching and heart

    Bird Droppings January 22, 2026Trying to understand giving thanks, war, and Teaching and heart I seldom have a difficult time sleeping. I crashed the other night after a long day of cleaning up after my grandkids and a long week getting stitches out and closure on my surgery, and trying to keep up with my…

  • Why should there be no teasing?

    Bird Droppings January 19, 2026Why should there be no teasing? “Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, and is it true, does it improve on the silence?” Hindu proverb So, I often speak first and clean up afterward, simply walking away, leaving whoever I am conversing with confused. I have a…

  • Wind in the trees can be peaceful or bring fear.

    Bird Droppings January 13, 2026Wind in the trees can be peaceful or bring fear. I was sitting at my computer, thinking back to three years ago, when several storms had come through the area. Just before I went to bed, according to the weather, we would get another storm during the night. My granddaughter was…

  • A long drive, pondering solitude

    Bird Droppings January 9, 2026A long drive, pondering solitude It has been some time since I set down and wrote a totally original dropping. Three of my grandchildren spend the night, as they tend to do on Thursdays, we have supper, play around, and they sleep over. I am always getting late to my sunrise…

  • Looking in a different direction to start the morning

    Bird Droppings January 8, 2025Looking in a different direction to start the morning “Beginnings start in the east – from where the sun rises, we begin a new dawn. Each day is a good new day with a fresh beginning, a new start. East is the direction of the physical body and newness, including children…