Monthly Archives: July 2023
FMM 7 28 2023 Whither the Weather?
“I have forgotten much, but still remember Poinsettia’s red, blood-red, in warm December.” ~ Claude McKay. When I left England at age almost eight, it was a rainy, damp place. Skies and buildings were drab and grey. I am sure there was sunshine, occasionally, but it was in sharp contrast to the tropical island we […]
FMM 7 21 2023 True Colors
“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. Early in my marriage, my home was a place where there would be consequential arguments about significant topics like historical and social injustice. Friends who came over would be engaged in […]
FMM 7 14 2023 Gossamer Threads
“People find meaning and redemption in the most unusual human connections.” ~ Khaled Hosseini. I have always believed in the mind-body connection, understanding that the whole body is connected, in ways we can only begin to imagine. I often recommend practices that help to still the ‘monkey mind’, one that jumps from thought to thought, […]
FMM 7 7 2023 In Harmonium
“The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. My parents were both musicians. Both played piano and organ (in the church). My mother could read music, and taught all of us kids to do so also. Whether we learnt […]
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