The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Vine DeLoria

  • Looking for the passion in life or is it just obsession?

    Bird Droppings May 7, 2013 Looking for the passion in life or is it just obsession? “All games have an important and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions; but some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve innocent bystanders.” Dr.…

  • Looking for and clearing a pathway

    Bird Droppings May 7, 2013 Looking for and clearing a pathway “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” Elwyn Brooks White Often I reflect on the journey of life and the many directions I…

  • Always try and see through new eyes wide open

    Bird Droppings May 5, 2013 Always try and see through new eyes wide open “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” Dolly Parton It has been nearly seven years since we last moved and seems we might stay here a while. I recall seven or…

  • A mother is………a poem

    Bird Droppings May 5, 2013 A mother is………a poem I do not recall my birth so it is difficult to say anything actually significant other than from my own mothers and fathers perception. Somewhere I have a photo of my father at the doorway looking in while my mother is holding me. It seems back…

  • Living a moment at a time

    Bird Droppings May 3, 2013 Living a moment at a time On Wednesday evening I walked out into my yard with my faithful dog and from the field behind us a red tailed hawk soared around once and landed in a large dead black walnut tree next to us. It was only seventy five feet…

  • Teach by doing and living

    Bird Droppings May 2, 2013 Teach by doing and living I have been reading, printing out articles and writing quite extensively over the past few days. Actually for at least a few days more like we are into only eleven left now till summer break and serious writing time. Sadly my brain feels like mush…

  • We live to often setting life on cruise control

    Bird Droppings May 1, 2013 We live to often setting life on cruise control I was driving to Athens a few days ago to pick up a couple more books seems like a never ending effort to find books and then read sort of devouring books lately. I have four different books on going set…

  • Can we find truth in an untruthful world?

    Bird Droppings April 30, 2013 Can we find truth in an untruthful world? I went back to a book again for the third or fourth time, a book titled; every day is a good day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous women, by the late Wilma Mankiller. Mankiller was the past Chief of The Cherokee Nation and…

  • Quietly listening to Bob Dylan and pondering the word inspiration

    Bird Droppings April 29,, 2013 Quietly listening to Bob Dylan and pondering the word inspiration Nearly eight years ago at our county wide teacher kick off meeting which is traditionally a packaged inspirational meeting and welcome for the new school year lead by a brought in speaker. Someone is paid to come in and inspire…

  • Using Pronouns

    Bird Droppings April 26, 2013 Using Pronouns It was one of those days yesterday and a word caught my attention as I was listening to a friend talk. The word was them. I never realized the extent of prejudice till a pronoun was used. Such words as they, them, or those people never were clearly…