Bird Droppings September 12, 2013 Checking the toes for mittens It has been some time since one of my granddaughters was showing off her new hat and mittens. It was quite a sight clad in a t-shirt, diaper, mittens and ski cap that looked like a penguin she was showing off for us. Finally she…

Bird Droppings September 11, 2013 Ponderingerest is that even a word? Today is an interesting and yet solemn day; a day marked by memories, twelve years ago I started teaching again after a twenty three year layoff, eight years ago today I started as a part – time Instructor for Piedmont College. Twenty five years…

Bird Droppings September 10, 2013 I am just sitting, pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two I was outside very early today as a great horned owl was irritating my dog keeping her up. It seems it was more than one as around me several were calling back and forth in an eerie…

Bird Droppings September 9, 2013 Our perceptions vary greatly about life “Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.” Irving Berlin It was twelve years ago I was waiting to go teach again after having spent nearly twenty three years in the publishing business. I was anxious to…

Bird Droppings September 6, 2013 In the pursuit of excellence I was listening to crickets and tree frogs as the sounds of morning surrounded me with the rustling of leaves in the steady breeze as I sojourned out in the wee hours with our dog. It is a great day to walk this reality thank…

Bird Droppings September 5, 2013 Direction is needed when speaking of velocity Over the past long weekend I worked on several paper ideas, sat in the recliner, dabbled in my yard briefly around rain drops and played with my grandkids. But I got thinking back to a party in Pennsylvania that was held nearly two…

Bird Droppings September 4, 2011 Developing a community requires contributions of self We have become a world of self-centered egotists which I know is a generalization of perhaps a bit too much. However in education building an educational school community has consistently been shown to improve schools effectiveness yet we always seem to turn in…

Bird Droppings September 3, 2013 Teaching can be successful So as I do on many mornings when I get the time I walked out to a quiet corner of my back yard. Nestled in a patch of weeds and brush I laid claim to my quiet spot and look toward the east in the morning.…

Bird Droppings September 2, 2013 Culture is far more than just a word “Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that thought comes before speech. In the midst of sorrow, sickness, death or misfortune of…

Bird Droppings September 1, 2013 There is a reason I am told “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” Robert Byrne I have often wondered about this thought as have so many before me and will after I am gone. Philosophers wonder and wise men ponder, is there purpose, a reason for each…