Bird Droppings September 11, 2014 I am where I need to be “A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.” Dr. Sam Keenre Many the day and time…

Bird Droppings September 11, 2014 Ponderingerest is that even a word? I start with a word I am sitting here making up ponderingerest. Perhaps a good definition is that there is far too much to ponder today, it is a ponderingerest day. In 1938 sixty six percent of the world’s oil reserves was found. Since…

Bird Droppings September 10, 2014 Can we define soul? Over the years I have written about the idea of and or concept of soul many times to the point of considering using the word at one point in my one day dissertation title. The word has differing meanings as you discuss with various religious groups…

Bird Droppings September 9, 2014 Finding a way to forgive “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi It is almost a year since I spent the morning on a field tip of sorts for a graduate school class. We visited the MLK Jr. Memorial Center on Auburn Street…

Bird Droppings September 8, 2014 Teachers we need to check 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…

Bird Droppings September 5, 2014 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 calling and needed someone to listen. It seems it was more than one as around me several were calling back and forth in an eerie…

Bird Droppings September 4, 2014 In the pursuit of excellence in learning 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. It is a great day to walk this reality thank you.…

Bird Droppings September 4, 2014 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 2, 2014 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 August 31, 2014 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…