The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: relationships

  • All of life is connected and intertwined with threads so delicate that it may take a bit of sunlight to see them.

    Bird Droppings February 24, 2026All of life is connected and intertwined with threads so delicate that it may take a bit of sunlight to see them. “In all likelihood, one is in the past while in the present. The present is then veiled; the past is manifest and apparent. However, so transparently present that is…

  • Sunriseis always a great way to start the day.

    Birddroppings February 12, 2026 Sunrise is always a great way to start the day. “When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.“ Tecumseh,…

  • Empathy: Does anybody have it anymore or is it gone from humanity?

    Bird Droppings January 10, 2026Empathy: Does anybody have it anymore or is it gone from humanity? Sixteen years ago, I was sitting in my room in Statesboro, back to school for my doctorate. It was a June morning, and I was wide awake, pondering. “It is still dark in Statesboro, Georgia, as I sit here…

  • Isn’t friendship a rather simple concept?

    Bird Droppings November 16, 2025Isn’t friendship a rather simple concept? Recently, I had the mother of three former students tell me how much her sons and daughter thought of me while I was coming into my favorite store, Kroger. So here I am, sitting upstairs in my writing hovel, pondering in the stillness of early…

  • Listening to a five-note flute and thinking about friends and the word normal

    Bird Droppings September 22, 2025 Listening to a five-note flute and thinking about friends and the word normal I find it hard to believe it is fall, although you can feel it in the air. The chill perhaps got me thinking back about eight years ago, I was fishing with my grandson at the Atlanta…

  • Bird Droppings April 27, 2025POTENTIAL is only a word unless applied “Love is a complex experience which seems to follow no rules but its own. Romantic love can have the power of a hurricane or the tenderness of a soft, wet wind. I have known, too, a chance introduction which instantly and magically merged into…