Monthly Archives: August 2020

FMM 8 28 2020 Crystal Vision

August 28, 2020 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

FMM 8 28 2020 Crystal Vision “I’m gonna put on an iron shirt and chase Satan out of earth.” ~ Maxi Romeo. If you grew up in a Christian household like I did, you were discouraged from believing, or even showing an interest in things like astrology.  There was something pagan and sacrilegious about it.  […]

FMM 8 21 2020 Hear me

August 21, 2020 · by · in Food and health, Global health and disparities, Inspirational · Leave a comment

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” ~ James Baldwin. My mother was a talker.  Later in life we surmised that her childhood may have been difficult, parents who sometimes didn’t speak to each other for months, so perhaps the children developed the […]

FMM 8 14 2020 Staying Alive

August 14, 2020 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh.   I wonder when it was that man first saw an animal as a pet, rather than as a work partner, a tool extender.  I remember hearing that it wasn’t until […]

FMM 8 7 2020 Ah the Humanity

August 7, 2020 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” ~ Dalai Lama. If you were to ask me whether I was an arts or sciences kind of student I would immediately select the sciences.  Most of the subjects I sat in my Cambridge ‘O’ (for ordinary) Level exams, and all of those I […]