The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: nature

  • Beginning from the end, searching for our value in life

    Bird Droppings August 6. 2025Beginning from the end, searching for our value in life “When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Victor Frankl I have been attempting to find a part-time position this year. I have interviewed, and granted, I can overwhelm some people. I received a couple…

  • I am listening to a chorus of frogs, crickets, and an occasional owl.

    Bird Droppings July 15, 2025I am listening to a chorus of frogs, crickets, and an occasional owl. “You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.” Doug Floyd Most every night and early morning, when I walk about, especially early in the morning, I listen to the choral arrangement of tree frogs, crickets, whippoorwills,…

  • Beginning from the end

    Bird Droppings July 13. 2025Beginning from the end “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with, we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.” Albert Einstein The recent weather reminded me of a…

  • Is it only a dropped feather?

    Bird Droppings June 23, 2025Is it only a dropped feather? “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, necessary, or valuable, the truth is the bottom…

  • Bird Droppings March 22, 2025Wind in the trees Over the past weeks, several storms have come through the area. I Had a tree guy come out and take down some trees that were leaning or broken off. Just before I went to bed last night, according to the weather forecast, we were expected to get…

  • All in a name

    Bird Droppings March 17, 2025All in a name Today I went on my daily sunrise chase but had some time constraints. I wanted to ride with my son while he took my grandkids to school. So, I missed my usual deer sightings. However, when I went to Publix to pick up a few things for…

  • It is only a dropped feather being tossed by the breeze

    Bird Droppings March 16, 2025 It is only a dropped feather being tossed by the breeze Dr. Michael Garrett, a Cherokee Indian from North Carolina, intertwined his native thoughts in his lessons as he taught college. He wrote extensively on the philosophical and spiritual aspects of native thought. Every morning, as I wander about my…

  • Why is it when putting a puzzle together, a piece is always left behind?

    Bird Droppings March 10, 2025Why is it when putting a puzzle together, a piece is always left behind? “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!” Gail Sheehy, American journalist, author…

  • Bird Droppings February 7, 2025 Is it only a dropped feather? “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, necessary, or valuable, the truth is the…

  • Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand

    Bird Droppings February 4, 2025 Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand Many years ago, I was sitting alongside a fence in a field far away from houses and people, and I watched a spider spin a web. We see webs all around, and I read there are thousands of spiders per acre in any…