Monthly Archives: August 2023
FMM 8 25 2023 That which Impels
“The force that drives the water through the rocksDrives my red blood…” ~ Dylan Thomas. Some Friday mornings my messages have been written in my head in advance, sentences constructed, thoughts pouring out of me onto the page. Other weeks I struggle, reaching for stories and memories to weave together into a cohesive form. Throughout […]
FMM 8 18 2023 Change the Narrative
“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.” ~Thomas Gray. My father was a man that many confided in. Whether it was because of his profession (a minister and teacher) or personality, he had a ready ear, and gentle words of advice. Of course, as his kids, we may have heard words that were […]
FMM 8 11 2023 The Price of Greatness
“We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.” ~ Stewart Udall. The year after Jamaica attained Independence from the colonial power of Britain, my father bravely (with his entire family and all our worldly goods) took us across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean island of Jamaica. I was the youngest, so I had very […]
FMM 8 4 2023 Grinding Gears
“The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small.” Sextus Empiricus. The first time I had anything to do with changing gears in a manual (stick shift) car, I was about nine or ten. A group of us children were driven to school in an Austin Cambridge, by the uncle of one of […]
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