Bird Droppings July 21, 2015 It takes more than one strand to make a rope, in life and in education. “You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.” Faith Baldwin Each day as I talk to my…

Bird Droppings July 20, 2015 Placing each puzzle piece one at a time: A secret formula or just good teaching “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How many times are we told “take your time”? So often in life we are anxious to…

Bird Droppings July 16, 2015 Why are we missing Creativity? This was another quiet morning as I wandered out and about already birds hiding from view are calling. As for the crickets and frogs as always a beautiful chorus for the morning awakening. Yesterday later in the day several tree frogs visited our back porch…

Bird Droppings July 15, 2015 All of life is connected and intertwined As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below I recall a walk Saturday morning out to a quiet spot where I meditate and something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer threads of life interconnected with…

Bird Droppings July 14, 2015 The ability to surmount those learning difficulties can be simply caring “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss “There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to…

Bird Droppings July 13, 2015 Hearing and listening are critical “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” Epictetus A simple analogy yet we far too often do not understand that statement and perhaps it is because we have more jaw muscle than ear muscle.…

Bird Droppings July 10, 2015 Hunting for the right words A few days back I was discussing with several other teachers a children’s book, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. It seemed I was alone in my interpretation of what Silverstein was trying to elicit from readers. As the discussion wound through varying degrees of…

Bird Droppings July 9, 2015 I am just sitting, pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two I was outside very early today as a great horned owl was irritating my dog keeping him up. It seems it was more than one as around me several were calling back and forth in an eerie…

Bird Droppings July 8, 2015 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity Over the past long weekend I worked on several paper ideas, sat in the recliner, dabbled in my yard briefly around rain drops and played with my grandkids. But I got thinking back to a party in Pennsylvania that was held nearly seven…

Bird Droppings July 7, 2015 There is a reason I am told “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” Robert Byrne I have often wondered about this thought as have so many before me and will after I am gone. Philosophers wonder and wise men ponder, is there purpose, a reason for each…