Bird Droppings April 27, 2018 Is it passion or just obsession? “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr. Eric Berne, The games people…

Bird Droppings April 25, 2018 My pedagogy is evolving as I learn, see and listen more   “We would do away with examinations. They measure the inconsequential type of learning. We would do away with grades and credits for the same reason. We would do away with degrees as a measure of competence partly for…

Bird Droppings April 24, 2018 Reading a friend’s book a sixth time   I was so tired when I laid down last night after staying awake to watch American Idol, running errands, working around the house, fixing supper and attempting to get into my reading and writing. My youngest son in now a nurse at…

Bird Droppings April 23, 2018 Wondering about the song lyrics of an old friend   I first started listening to Neil Young’s music in 1967 or so possibly even earlier if you count Buffalo Springfield, a short lived band and of course 1968 with Crosby Stills, Nash and Young at Woodstock and Deja vu, their…

Bird Droppings April 20, 2018 Going to school again for the first time   So often as I start my writings each morning there has been an experience recently to build upon. It is utilizing these previous experiences that provide windows and doors into future experiences. I was driving through our town and a shop…

Bird Droppings April 18, 2018 Is a circle a confined space or infinite undertaking?   My own philosophical meandering focuses on life as a circle. My thinking today revolves around that thought. Does a circle have a beginning and or an end? As learning begins often with a question so today a start and a…

Bird Droppings April 17, 2018 A man before his time   “A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.” Arthur Schopenhauer   Many great thinkers have found their motivation and beginnings in Schopenhauer. Arthur Schopenhauer was one of the first westerners to read and understand traditional Eastern thought. He was…

Bird Droppings April 16, 2018 Going up a mountain takes effort   I am looking forward to my next trip to Black Rock Mountain in North Georgia. It is the site of the Foxfire Museum property and was the site of Piedmont College’s teacher’s class in The Foxfire Approach to teaching. My oldest son took…

Bird Droppings April 13, 2018 Watching a hawk fly by   Sitting writing on Friday the thirteenth waiting on a sunrise. I was able to attend only a few track meets over the past few years due in part to health issues and as always I did take a few photos as I tend to…

Bird Droppings April 12, 2018 Can we find truth in an untruthful world?   I went back to a book 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. Wilma Mankiller was the past Chief of The Cherokee Nation…