The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Writing

  • Our teaching can make a difference every day.

    Bird Droppings March 5, 2025Our teaching can make a difference every day. I recall one day that I was looking through data as I sat through a special education training session. This is an interesting situation. I was reviewing data from a recent benchmark test in biology. It is an extremely poorly made and designed…

  • Practicing Patience

    Bird Droppings February 6, 2025Practicing Patience It has been nearly forty-five years since I first went to Hemmingway’s just off the interstate in Decatur, Georgia. It was a favorite local entertainment establishment. My wife and I would go before and after our marriage primarily to listen to a local singer who provided a fantastic evening…

  • Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand

    Bird Droppings February 4, 2025 Glistening of wisdom on a gossamer strand Many years ago, I was sitting alongside a fence in a field far away from houses and people, and I watched a spider spin a web. We see webs all around, and I read there are thousands of spiders per acre in any…

  • Looking for a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look.

    Bird Droppings January 26, 2025Looking for a window can be a chore if you do not know where to look. A few nights back, when I woke up very early, and it was time for my wife to get up and get ready for work. It is hard to sleep in on days off when…

  • For some, creating and writing in a digital world is difficult.

    Bird Droppings January 22, 2025For some, creating and writing in a digital world is difficult. “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965, I was introduced to this author in a tenth-grade English Class. The book Brave New World was…

  • Life and its alternatives become more of an issue as each year goes by

    Bird Droppings January 19, 2025Life and its alternatives become more of an issue as each year goes by Morning has been a special time for me each day, a new beginning. Several aspects make it special. The first one is heading out to chase sunrise and listening to Carlos Nakai’s flute music. It is a…

  • Solitude is within one’s soul and heart.

    Bird Droppings January 6, 2024Solitude is within one’s soul and heart. On most mornings, I venture out to take photos of the sunrise animals I encounter and old buildings I find along the way. I write about synchronicity daily and often comment on the events in my life that are synchronous. This morning, driving in…

  • LIFE and FINALITY

    Bird Droppings January 1, 2024LIFE and FINALITY Morning has been a special time for me each day, a new beginning. Several aspects make it special; the first one is taking pictures of sunrises. Then, I ran some errands and started cooking supper, and then I wrote and read, which became my meditation for the day.…

  • I am just sitting, pondering and thinking about wiping away a tear or two.

    Bird Droppings December 31, 2024 I am just sitting, pondering and thinking about wiping away a tear or two. Sitting here thinking of how to end 2024, and here goes. I was outside very early today to check the air and temperature. In the darkness, I could hear a great horned owl. It seemed there…

  • Telling our grandchildren the stories

    Bird Droppings December 27, 2024Telling our grandchildren the stories “I wanted to give something of my past to my grandson. So, I took him into the woods to a quiet spot. Seated at my feet he listened as I told him of the powers that were given to each creature. He moved not a muscle…