Bird Droppings May 11, 2017 Culture is far more than just a word   “Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that thought comes before speech. In the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune…

Bird Droppings May 13, 2016 Why should I do more?   “Choices are sacred to life’s journey. They lie along the path that all of us must follow for ourselves. An important Cherokee lesson is that if you involve yourself in any decision, you also experience the consequences of that decision.” Dr. J.T. Garrett, Meditations…

Bird Droppings May 9, 2017 Can we be about healing?   “People cannot know how sacred power, or medicine truly works, but almost every Native American knows something of its ways. Often seen as a mysterious force that is fluid, transmissible and important malleable, sacred power can be manipulated by those who possess it –…

Bird Droppings May 8, 2017 Can we discuss curriculum as sacred?   My wife and I are talking about taking a day hiatus to explore the North Georgia Mountains with no schedule and little baggage.  We will head north on a Saturday morning no plans. Thinking back to our last crazy trip our last journey…

Bird Droppings April 21, 2017 Can we find truth in an untruthful world?   I went back to a book again for the third or fourth time, a book titled; Every day is a good day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous women, by the late Wilma Mankiller. Mankiller was the past Chief of The Cherokee Nation…

Bird Droppings April 18, 2017 Are we experiencing the genocide of learning?   In the midst of my daily journals entries lately it gets hectic I am trying to get readmitted to a doctorate program I was in through 2010. I have been running back and forth to my various doctors the past three weeks…

Bird Droppings April 17, 2017 Should we sharpen the machete or bring a shovel?   I have been reflecting over the concept of critical pedagogy and in that reflection I recall an incident nearly forty years ago that calls to mind my own interpretation and understanding of what we as teachers are all about. I…

Bird Droppings April 12, 2017 We need both the Rock and the Smoke   “If people find no room in their lives to pray or to meditate, to reflect deeply on why they have been created and what they must do with their lives, and to listen with all of their being to the guidance…

Bird Droppings April 10, 2017 It is said dreams do not stand alone “You are never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.” Richard Bach It has been so many years since I first experienced the whimsical book Jonathan Livingston Seagull,…

Bird Droppings April 7, 2017 What about adding to reality TV, The great teachers of America?   I hope to get back to grad school here shortly and finish my twelve yearlong doctorate. I am set up to teach several new college classes when I get back on track which had me started on a…