Monthly Archives: November 2023

FMM 11 24 2023 The Luxury of Language

“Sell a country?! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?” ~ Tecumseh. The celebration of Thanksgiving always leaves me conflicted.  Who can possibly object to the concept of being thankful, of declaring appreciation for all […]

FMM 11 17 2023 Comfortably Numb

“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.” ~ James Russell Lowell. I have been thinking about flooding this week.  Not surprising really, as once more my neighborhood and many more in South Florida were inundated with torrential, persistent, rainfall.  The type of rain that makes you want to stay in bed, […]

FMM 11 10 2023 Where have all the flowers gone?

“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.” ~ Chief Seattle. I have no idea when I met my first frog.  I do remember learning about the amazing life cycle, the eggs looking like a blob with the weird name: frog spawn.  The transformation into little wriggling things with tails and […]

FMM 11 3 2023 Senioritis

“Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.” ~ George Washington Carver. When you start a family in a country not of your birth, with traditions similar in some ways, but quite different in others, you stumble around for […]