Bird Droppings December 3, 2014 Can we find answers outside our windows? As I read and pondered a world engrossed with money and how we can spend money. I wonder if perhaps some of the thinking that is bringing so many American Indians back to their more traditional world views has merit. I was trying…

Bird Droppings December 2, 2014 Within the circle of life a new life coming Resurrection By Susan Thomas Underwood The universe is energy in constant motion. There are ebbs and flows; Outcomes and income, And change…… Always change. The physical world reflects this motion In the cycles of life, There is spring and fall, winter…

Bird Droppings December 1, 2014 Can we find Responsibility? As I begin my morning of writing and wondering and my almost official fourth year as a grandfather the idea of responsibility sort of hit me. We live in a world of passing responsibility off to another generation be it natural resources, fiscal, educational, philosophical, judicial,…

Bird Droppings November 28, 2014 Teaching is far more than just wanting to “I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve the…

Bird Droppings November 26, 2014 At least trying to think this beautiful day “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell I wonder if it is for attention that so many teenagers seek the route of drama in their lives. Over reacting to seemingly inconsequential…

Bird Droppings November 25, 2013 Listening to a philosopher There was a beautiful sky this morning as I walked out and actually rather weird with fog and a slight chill which is surprising as the sky while filled with clouds and the fog still had a strange glow, almost a rainbow of color as the…

Bird Droppings November 21, 2014 Why are we deliberately trying to be wrong? I will admit that on Saturday night with a Powerball jackpot of only fifty million dollars I am pondering retiring if I win. I think I would be if I won retiring to devote time to education in a more positive way…

Bird Droppings November 21, 2013 Should children be left behind? “I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained, and he only holds the key to…

Bird Droppings November 19, 2014 Can we find enough data through observing to decide on our own? As I was driving to baby sit two of my grandkids last night by chance a beep on my Iphone and I looked at a conversation dealing with special needs children. I have been involved in special needs…