Monthly Archives: January 2017

FMM 1 27 17 Selah

January 27, 2017 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · 2 Comments

“Every time I hear the sound, the sound, the sound…” ~Mutabaruka.  I grew up surrounded by music, music of every description.  There were hymns and choir practice of course.  My father was a singer (the Welsh are famous for their Male Voice Choirs), and long road trips were often accompanied by family sing-a-longs.  Included in […]

FMM 1 20 17 Sense of Adventure

January 20, 2017 · by · in Food and health, Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?”~Dorothy Day.  I once got lost in the fog.  England used to be famous for its fog – ‘pea-soupers’ they used to call them.  Fog so thick you could […]

FMM 1 13 17 Return of the Prodigal

January 13, 2017 · by · in Global health and disparities, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

“Half the story has never been told…” ~ Robert Nesta Marley. Superstitions are funny things.  For whatever reason, human beings hold on to unreasonable beliefs, even after science refutes them.  Whenever my mother spilled salt, she would always pick up a pinch and throw it over her left shoulder.  I am not sure what that […]

FMM 01 06 17 Silence is Golden

January 6, 2017 · by · in Food and health, Inspirational · Leave a comment

“I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.” ~ Khalil Gibran. My Auntie Elsie remained unmarried until she died. She was the eldest of six children, and we don’t know if it was because she stayed home to take […]