Bird Droppings January 6, 2016 The fragility of life Early this morning I was awakened a bit early our dog and we both needed to take a potty break. Hearing what I thought was rain and a teenager I assume tearing out of our subdivision about two in the morning did not help my sleep…

Bird Droppings January 3, 2016 Building Sandcastles drip by drip It was nearly fifteen years ago when I was physically attending classes in graduate school nearly every day and before switching to Internet classes and WebCT. This took some getting used to going to school and then going to teach school. I was teaching from…

Bird Droppings December 30, 2015 Setting an example is such a simple lesson plan “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans I have over the…

Bird Droppings December 29, 2015 Can teachers use learning as their pallet? I wrote the basics of this article nearly eleven years ago and at the time was thinking of an artist friend who was trying to define her art as well as searching for her own meaning in life. My friend often reflects her…

Bird Droppings December 28, 2015 Where is the passion? I was sitting facing a rising sun thankful for a new day yesterday the first sunlight in many mornings. It was ironic as I was sitting on an overturned five gallon plastic bucket next to a small circle of smooth river rocks facing east, listening to…

Bird Droppings December 22, 2015 Understanding the symbols of life I was recently in a discussion about child by four years old can identify hundreds of symbols. McDonalds, Burger King etc. Yet most cannot identify a single bird, tree or flower. This was not a discussion from my house since my own children grew up…

Bird Droppings December 17, 2015 Have YOU been Naughty or Nice I have a friend doing random acts of kindness currently. She committed to an act of kindness every day. I try and live my life that way and I do make mistakes. But each day now she posted her act. At first I was…

Bird Droppings December 15, 2015 Sometimes there is Risk It has been nearly a year since I drove my wife to work and while heading back caught sight of a glorious sunrise beginning. By the time I got to the house I had a few minutes to run in side and get a decent camera…

Bird Droppings December 14, 2015 Example is such a simple lesson plan “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans I have over the years looked…

Bird Droppings December 11, 2015 Longing for the simplicity I was thinking back a few years around this time. My reading and writing was taking a beating with the getting ready for the end of the semester, a trip to North Carolina and new grandbaby, and driving my wife to and from work since she…