The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Life

  • I am told there is a reason.

    Bird Droppings August 18, 2025 I am told there is a reason. Early today, I should not get into disagreements on Covid, and I try to avoid it. I have strong feelings about vaccines, being a polio survivor, and I mentioned I was one of the lucky ones who survived. I started back to teaching.…

  • We are only a small part of all that is.

    Bird Droppings August 15, 2025 We are only a small part of all that is. It is often very difficult for some to accept being simply a part of and not the central focus of life around them. I was watching the beginning of the movie Seven Pounds, and in the first scene or two,…

  • Sometimes, simply setting the example is the best teacher.

    Bird Droppings August 14, 2025Sometimes, simply setting the example is the best teacher. It has been an interesting week. I did my usual, chasing sunrises and looking for deer and other creatures. I spent a good bit of the mornings taking advantage of the wet, dreary weather and poor light and getting some rather interesting…

  • Being reborn is listening and seeing with our heart.

    Bird Droppings August 13, 2025 Being reborn is listening and seeing with our heart. So often in life, we hear words, rationalize those utterances, develop an opinion, and then logically state a response. I returned to a conversation discussing existentialism with my granddaughter one night nearly twelve years ago as she cooed and babbled, trying…

  • Reconciling the importance of the present, past, and future to find balance

    Bird Droppings August 11, 2025 Reconciling the importance of the present, past, and future to find balance I spent the better part of yesterday going to a reptile show with Pat to see our son and his wife and their exhibit. On Saturday, I played with grandkids and worked around the house, avoiding my direction,…

  • Beginning from the end, searching for our value in life

    Bird Droppings August 6. 2025Beginning from the end, searching for our value in life “When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Victor Frankl I have been attempting to find a part-time position this year. I have interviewed, and granted, I can overwhelm some people. I received a couple…

  • What does it take for that light bulb to go on?

    Bird Droppings August 3, 2025What does it take for that light bulb to go on? It has been nearly nineteen 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…

  • Should we even consider ignorance, or I could say lack of experience, a part of the journey?

    Bird Droppings July 27, 2025 Should we even consider ignorance, or I could say lack of experience, a part of the journey? Over the past few days, I have been looking at or pondering the idea of experiences and how many people do not have experiences, for example, in comparison to my own.  I have…

  • Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

    Bird Droppings July 20, 2025Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Over a few days, storms passed through quickly, very definitive fronts flying by, and all ending with rainbows. On several occasions, twin rainbows. On the other hand, my sunrises have been off numerous clouds block the sun and offer…

  • I am listening to a chorus of frogs, crickets, and an occasional owl.

    Bird Droppings July 15, 2025I am listening to a chorus of frogs, crickets, and an occasional owl. “You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” Doug Floyd Most every night and early morning, when I walk about, especially early in the morning, I listen to the choral arrangement of tree frogs, crickets, whippoorwills,…