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Apathy is being there and never having really gone
Bird Droppings February 2, 2014 Apathy is being there and never having really gone “The problem isn’t materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from...
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Why would anyone be a teacher?
Bird Droppings February 3, 2014 Why would anyone be a teacher? I was talking with students several days ago about going into teaching and one of the students actually wanted to be a teacher. Along that...
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Solitude is within ones soul and heart
Bird Droppings February 4, 2014 Solitude is within ones soul and heart “No person, standing before this mystery, has the wisdom or the knowledge to see across the curtain. But for those who stand...
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Writing for some seems so difficult in a digital world
Bird Droppings February 5, 2014 Writing for some seems so difficult in a digital world “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965 I...
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The interconnectivity of all that is a puzzle falling in place
Bird Droppings February 6, 2014 The interconnectivity of all that is a puzzle falling in place “Every footstep is the journey. Every sight, every sound, every touch and taste and smell with which we...
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I am sitting quietly trying to understand the word courage
Bird Droppings February 7, 2014 I am sitting quietly trying to understand the word courage I had been outside running to the store in the wee hours of the morning for some supplies and at 29 degrees it...
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I was listening to the stillness of a morning with no sunrise and or...
Bird Droppings February 9, 2014 I was listening to the stillness of a morning with no sunrise and or sometimes we need a window and not a mirror. I was sitting alone this morning as I do on weekend...
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Listening to a five note flute
Bird Droppings February 10, 2014 Listening to a five note flute “The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the...
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Why should our children be going to school?
Bird Droppings February 11, 2014 Why should our children be going to school? After reading Joel Spring’s book, Political Agendas for Education, one might wonder why we even have schools. Spring’s...
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Is there room for politics when people are hurting?
Bird Droppings February 11, 2014 Is there room for politics when people are hurting? Earlier in the morning as I went out after reading a friends note on acclimating to the cold I was standing outside...
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Try not to be a waste of time and read some Emerson
Bird Droppings February 13, 2014 Try not to be a waste of time and read some Emerson “For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the most...
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Windows can be difficult to find especially on Valentine’s Day
Bird Droppings February 14, 2014 Windows can be difficult to find especially on Valentine’s Day I woke up very early today as my dog was barking to go out. I walked out on my back porch only to catch a...
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Teaching is a journey not copy and paste or bubble.
Bird Droppings February 16, 2014 Teaching is a journey not copy and paste or bubble. It has been several days well over a week since I had a chance to go out early and ponder as I say. It has been many...
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Thinking about the word trust and how we can not
Bird Droppings February 17, 2014 Thinking about the word trust and how we can not “The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed down through...
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How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?
Bird Droppings February 18, 2014 How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky? I started to practice getting up early yesterday since we get started back to school today. I went outside...
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Wet and dreary as I ponder educational genocide and or NCLB, Norming,...
Bird Droppings February 19, 2014 Wet and dreary as I ponder educational genocide and or NCLB, Norming, Children, Leaves the Best I was huddled in my blanket as I went outside to sit and think a bit...
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The most powerful of teaching tools is REFLECTION
Bird Droppings February 20, 2014 The most powerful of teaching tools is REFLECTION “It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” Helen Keller Helen Keller was one of the most envisioned people to...
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What if treaties and promises were all kept, what a world we would have.
Bird Droppings February 21, 2014 What if treaties and promises were all kept, what a world we would have. I begin each morning waking up and finding my way to my computer taking our dog out if she...
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It has been a long time
Bird Droppings February 22, 2014 It has been a long time I was sitting along the edge of reality yesterday evening after getting home from a day of testing at the hospital. Somewhere I was in my...
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Is it saying goodbye or is it hello?
Bird Droppings February 23, 2014 Is it saying goodbye or is it hello? It might have been the fact I had never pulled out my Eagle Scout card from 1967 in class before that got me thinking back. While...
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