Bird Droppings October 9, 2013 Why are we missing Creativity? This was another quiet morning as I wandered out although a bit too chilly for crickets and frogs yesterday later in the day however several tree frogs visited around the house. The air was still, not a breeze as I sat in my old wicker…

Bird Droppings October 8, 2013 All is connected and intertwined As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below and walked out to a quiet spot where I meditate something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer threads of life interconnected with everything. They were iridescent and softly moving…

Bird Droppings October 7, 2013 Where do we find happiness? “The very purpose of our life is happiness; the very motion of our lives is toward happiness.” the Dalai Lama Several years ago in my journey through life, I wandered through the Mall of Athens of course this was prior to me finding the tea…

Bird Droppings October 5, 2013 The confines or infinity of a circle As I am sitting here this morning wondering does a circle have a beginning and or an end? As learning begins often with a question so today a start and a beginning to my writing and thinking with a question. Many of the…

Bird Droppings October 3, 2010 Why we are not succeeding? Very early this morning I walked out into the chill although not quite as cold as yesterday a few crickets and tree frogs greeted me as I took our dog for her morning reverie. The sky was clear as a bell stars blazing away over…

Bird Droppings September 30, 2013 Now my studies are making sense My head feels like a sponge from not taking sinus meds as of yet, with cool weather and weather change my head always feels it. Perhaps why I was sitting thinking back to a day we as teachers in Walton County were not paid…

September 30, 2010 Maybe one day I will find an answer “In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tarawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast and that from them, and from…

Bird Droppings September 27, 2013 Can we see a gray world in color? “Stress is the body and mind’s response to any pressure that disrupts its normal balance. It occurs when our perceptions of events don’t meet our expectations and we don’t manage our reaction to the disappointment. As a response, stress expresses itself as…

Bird Droppings September 26, 2013 We all know the slogan just do it, but I add when? With the issue of women’s rights in political forefront of nearly every election and several other civil right issues as issues as well I referred to two very famous and wise women in history to start today. I…

Bird Droppings September 25, 2013 Is not friendship a rather simple concept? Recently I had the mother of three former students tell me how much her sons and daughter thought of me while I was coming into my current favorite store, Kroger. So here I am sitting at the kitchen table pondering in the stillness…