The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: nature

  • Have we sold our souls for a few trinkets, or don’t want to die in Georgia?

    Bird Droppings November 27, 2024 Have we sold our souls for a few trinkets, or don’t want to die in Georgia? Morning is a special time for me; it is always a new beginning. Today, I left the house early; my wife called as she always does, and we talk while she drives to work.…

  • To think, or at least try this morning, my brain is foggy.

    Bird Droppings October 28, 2024 To think, or at least try this morning, my brain is foggy. In the past few days, I tore my rotator cuff, and my heart went into A-fib. I am feeling my age for real. The A fib is being handled by medication and my pacemaker, which stabilizes my heart…

  • Can we find answers outside our windows?

    Bird Droppings October 20, 2024 Can we find answers outside our windows? It had been a few years since we were at Pawleys Island, SC, when the largest-ever lottery drawing was about to occur. The frenzy of buying a ticket happened at every convenience store and lottery outlet. Just a few weeks ago, a repeat,…

  • An eclectic morning pondering mortality

    Bird Droppings October 19, 2024An eclectic morning pondering mortality I walked out into a clear sky, and stars gleamed above me. The full moon had settled behind the pine trees to the east. My feet got cold yesterday, and I switched to my sketchers for the first time in months from flip-flops. I walked my…

  • Teaching today is tying a knot with only one hand.

    Bird Droppings October 17, 2024Teaching today is tying a knot with only one hand. It was a Saturday morning a few years back, and no one else was up but me. I was about to go out and wander in the darkness for a bit and remembered the cast on my leg. I did stay…