Bird Droppings May 26, 2016 Acceptance is often getting over fears As I stepped outside into a beautiful clear chilled morning, we were hoping for rain but the humidity still hung in the air. The grass was like walking on a sponge soggy and wet but then again it could be from my wife pressure…

Bird Droppings May 25, 2016 Always try and see through eyes wide open “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” Dolly Parton It has been nearly ten years since we last moved and seems we might stay here a while. I recall ten or eleven…

Bird Droppings May 23, 2016 Filling cracks in leaky pots Many thousands of years ago Buddha compared people to four kinds of clay vessels. Borrowing these words today as I am thinking to several days lost traveling to see a new grand baby, from my normal routine of writing and doing things. A couple of…

Bird Droppings May 21, 2016 Teaching can be successful So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walked out to a quiet corner of my back yard. Nestled in a patch of weeds and brush I laid claim to my quiet spot and look toward the east in the morning.…

Bird Droppings May 17, 2016 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 of…

Bird Droppings May 16, 2016 To die a happy death: listening to a whippoorwill call I have been teaching high school now for nearly sixteen years and after summer break another year ahead. I am starting my writing day a bit later than normal since we had the grandbabies over yesterday and I was plum…

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 with…

Bird Droppings May 12, 2016 Can we be about healing? “People cannot know how sacred power, or medicine truly works, bit 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 – either…

Bird Droppings May 11, 2016 Is curriculum 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 Saturday morning no plans. Thinking back to our last crazy trip our last journey included a nursery or two, some…

Bird Droppings May 10. 2016 What is normal and can we define it quantitatively or qualitatively? Two years ago today I was rushing down highway 78 to find where my son had been involved in an accident. All I knew was it was near Walmart. I assumed it was near the huge distribution center and…