Monthly Archives: November 2020
FMM 11 27 2020 Ack! Knowledge
“Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.” ~ Louie Schwartzberg. It is sometimes hard, in the rush of routines and deadlines, to pause and pay attention to all the things you should be grateful for. Thanksgiving Day in the US may gloss over the history of the origin of this country as […]
FMM 11 20 2020 Light it up!
“The stone that the builders refuse shall be the head corner stone” ~ Robert Nesta Marley quoting Psalms 118. There is something about an unassuming man, a man (or woman) who enters a room without fanfare, without drawing attention to themselves. Nowadays we do everything for attention, hoping someone is watching and recording so we […]
FMM 11 13 2020 Weightlifting
“I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.” ~ Zig Ziglar. When I was a young child in the UK, there was a prime minister called Harold McMillan. I have no knowledge about him, was too young to know anything about politics. However I had picked up enough from my parents reaction […]
FMM 11 6 2020 Laybys and Overlooks
“The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial.” ~ Robin Marantz Henig. A feature of a road trip along the back roads of the UK is the laybys. Not as necessary in these modern times, they […]
Friday Morning Messages 