The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: travel

  • Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert?

    Bird Droppings July 13, 2026 Can we find learning in the Kalahari Desert? While out driving this morning, I pulled over along the nearby dirt road, taking pictures of wildflowers and grasshoppers, among other things I find worth pondering. I spent several minutes trying to photograph a seed from a broom sage plant floating along…

  • Wind in the trees seems to quiet the mind.

    Bird Droppings May 28, 2026Wind in the trees seems to quiet the mind. After several days of heavy rain, I am sitting at my computer, thinking back to three years ago, when several storms swept through the area. Just before I went to bed, according to the weather, we would get another storm during the…

  • Can we find learning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River?

    Bird Droppings April 30, 2026 Can we find learning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River? About fifteen years ago, I was apprehensive as I got up on that morning, taking much longer than normal to get my day started. A good friend had called me and said that he would be in Phoenix, Alabama,…

  • It is not always all in a name.

    Bird Droppings April 29, 2026It is not always all in a name. On February 3, 2003, I officially started calling, my daily emailing, and journaling Bird Droppings. I went back into my files and pulled up a few old thoughts and ideas. Along with my new name in 2003, I came across some other bits…

  • Sometimes I feel like I am missing a day.

    Bird Droppings April 6, 2026Sometimes I feel like I am missing a day. So often, I speak of coincidences in life. A few evenings back, while helping my wife with some graphics and issues in a class she was teaching, I also thought about a new Bird Droppings. Some ideas had hit me, and I…

  • To think, or at least trying to this morning, could my brain be foggy, trying to focus  through the fog?

    Bird Droppings March 7, 2026 To think, or at least trying to this morning, could my brain be foggy, trying to focus  through the fog? In the past year or so, I tore my rotator cuff, and my heart went into A-fib. I have had five biopsies and four surgeries for skin cancer, and I…

  • Mountains offer a clearer view if you care to look.

    Bird Droppings February 7, 2026Mountains offer a clearer view if you care to look. “I have a pretty fair education, but I would hate to be turned loose in these mountains right now and be told to put food in my belly, clothing on my body, shelter over my head, and provide protection from my…

  • Another thought as winter sets in and my feet are getting cold

    Bird Droppings February 4, 2026Another thought as winter sets in and my feet are getting cold “Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.” Chief Joseph We have had some nights here this week with temperatures below 20 degrees. Not sure whether to start building a fire in the fireplace or crank…

  • Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education, along with switchbacks.

    Bird Droppings January 15, 2026 Taking and making the most of each moment and learning about moleskin: I think we need to find moleskin in education, along with switchbacks. In years past, before my son got married and took Timber with him, I sometimes miss waking up to our dog barking because he needed to…

  • The symbolism of the Totem Pole

    Bird Droppings January 6, 2025 The symbolism of the Totem Pole Growing up in my family, my father had made numerous totem poles in our backyards over the years. Each was painted with images of creatures. Eagles, bears, and wolves adorned the totem poles. The last one was torn down or fell only a few…