The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Pearl S. Buck

  • Thinking, sitting, pondering and recovering

    Bird Droppings June 9, 2011 Thinking, sitting, pondering and recovering I drove to north Georgia on Sunday and Tuesday and have been babysitting Charlie my grand daughter in between. I enjoy the drive up into the mountains always going part of the way on back roads. As I was sitting around yesterday evening my oldest…

  • Pondering on mothers day about faith

    Bird Droppings May 8, 2011 Pondering on mothers day about faith For so many a Sunday morning brings dressing up and heading to a place of worship. Worship for most is a community event a gathering of like believers who sit and go through ritualistic undertakings in a prescribed manner and at the prescribed time…

  • Being Alone

    Bird Droppings April 25, 2011 Being alone Traditionally we as a family have had an Easter egg hunt for the children of the family now for over thirty years. While I have my moments of enjoying community time I am also very much an monastic individual seeking time alone which for me is often the…

  • Hope

    Bird Droppings April 7, 2011 Hope “Man can live for about forty days without food, and about three days without water, about eight minutes without air … but only for one second without hope.” Hal Lindsey As I am lazy today and did not venture forth very early other than to take our trusted Westie…

  • Hope is more than a word it is a state of being

    Bird Droppings February 22, 2011 Hope is more than a word it is a state of being “Man can live for about forty days without food, and about three days without water, about eight minutes without air … but only for one second without hope.” Hal Lindsey It was quite nice though waking up to…