The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: mental-health

  • The impact of synchronicity, or perhaps you could say, in my life, the saga of synchronicity

    Bird Droppings June 4, 2026The impact of synchronicity, or perhaps you could say, in my life, the saga of synchronicity Today in my morning sojourn looking for a sunrise, I drove by a spot I have passed by 5,000 times at least and never noticed. Alongside a red barn, a red wheelbarrow with petunias in…

  • Don’t crossword puzzles take some time?

    Bird Droppings June 3, 2026Don’t crossword puzzles take some time? Towards the end of teaching my last college history class, one of my students was working on an assignment and had to define “bias”. She was unsure which definition was correct and asked for my opinion. I explained that historical bias is that of the…

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

    I wrote this over a year ago, and it still seems very pertinent today, so I am sharing it again with a few changes. Cheryl Petersen shared a thought I just saw this morning.Thanks for sharing the thoughts passing through your mind. Ignorance can be tied to human knowledge, what we know or don’t know.…

  • What do we miss as we move through life?

    Bird Droppings May 20, 2026What do we miss as we move through life? All Along the Watchtower There must be some way out of here,Said the Joker to the thief,There’s too much confusion,I can’t get any relief.Businessmen, they drink my wine,Plowmen dig my earth,None of them along the lineKnow what any of it is worth.…

  • There may be side roads in life.

    Bird Droppings May 3, 2026There may be side roads in life. I wandered about a bit this morning, running errands and trying to catch up on a few things. As I went from one errand to the next, it seemed as if ideas were coming a bit too quickly; maybe I am operating on little…

  • POTENTIAL is only a word unless applied

    Bird Droppings April 27, 2026POTENTIAL is only a word unless applied “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft, wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and magically merged into…

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

    Bird Droppings April 20, 2026Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Over a few days, we have gone from summer to winter, back to spring, with very definitive fronts flying by, and it all ended with rainbows. On several occasions, there are twin rainbows. On the other hand, my sunrises…

  • Eating some leftover green beans, ham, and potatoes, and thinking about the circle of life

    Bird Droppings March 31, 2026 Eating some leftover green beans, ham, and potatoes, and thinking about the circle of life I made a huge crock pot of green beans, ham, and potatoes last evening and had plenty of leftovers. One of my favorite childhood memories is of family meals, which were a staple. I’m sitting…

  • Hunting for the right words on a spring morning

    Bird Droppings March 21, 2026Hunting for the right words on a spring morning “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart, head, and hands.” Robert M. Pirsig, American author Whether we are trying to offer a few words of condolence to friends whose loved ones have passed away or trying to…

  • To think, or at least trying to this morning, could my brain be foggy, trying to focus  through the fog?

    Bird Droppings March 7, 2026 To think, or at least trying to this morning, could my brain be foggy, trying to focus  through the fog? In the past year or so, I tore my rotator cuff, and my heart went into A-fib. I have had five biopsies and four surgeries for skin cancer, and I…