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Bird Droppings November 14, 2025Searching for a flower, the butterfly pea (Clitoria marina), in the winter or is it gone now forever Interestingly, I had two thoughts earlier in the morning, when I started the day, that made me think of the butterfly pea. One I heard on the radio was that I was heading…
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Imagination is a key to unlocking a higher level of thought.
Bird Droppings November 13, 2025Imagination is a key to unlocking a higher level of thought. Over the years, I have visited many places and met numerous people. In 1973, I was living in Macon, Georgia, and had the great privilege to meet Bill and Gerald Harjo. Gerald was in school at Mercer University finishing his…
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Reflecting on getting older, I might ponder here for a bit.
Bird Droppings November 1, 2025Reflecting on getting older, I might ponder here for a bit. As I am now another year older, I have been thinking or pondering, as I say. I started writing my daily sojourns nearly twenty-five years ago. I first used a YAHOO group, then Myspace, and graduated to WordPress and Facebook.…
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As I get older, each day becomes special, whether I’m playing with grandkids or speaking with my wife and my sons. I cherish each moment of the journey.
Bird Droppings October 27, 2025 As I get older, each day becomes special, whether I’m playing with grandkids or speaking with my wife and my sons. I cherish each moment of the journey. My mother’s spirit passed on several years ago. My father was several years before her. She went to sleep and moved on…
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I was eating some leftover chicken and rice casserole with broccoli and thinking about the circle of life.
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Listening to a five-note flute and pondering at a Honda dealer, and always synchronicity.
Bird Droppings October 22, 2025Listening to a five-note flute and pondering at a Honda dealer, and always synchronicity. I arise relatively early, even on my days off from my part-time teaching, and try to do some serious writing. Each morning, I go chasing sunrises. I am up at my corner store for conversation and to…
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Who would have thought of a buffalo snort in the dark?
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Teaching today is tying a knot with only one hand.
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Perhaps I had a vision walking in the moonlight.
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Like the spider web, all of life is connected and intertwined.
Bird Droppings October 3, 2025Like the spider web, all of life is connected and intertwined. As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below, I recall a walk one morning out to a quiet spot where I would meditate, and something hit me as I faced east towards the rising sun, the gossamer threads…