Monthly Archives: February 2026

FMM 2 27 2026 Babylon System

“Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.” ~ Frances Wright. I was a teenager, going to high school in rural Jamaica, when Bob Marley and the Wailers became the face of Rastafarianism.  The sect emerged in the 1930s, combining elements of predominantly Old Testament teachings and African pride […]

FMM 2 20 2026 We are the River

“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” ~ George Bernard Shaw. I am told that when I was quite young, before we relocated from the UK to Jamaica, I would stand in front of the (black and white) TV (or the ‘telly’ as we called it then) […]

FMM 2 13 2026 Music Lessons

“Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?” ~ Carl Jung. My mother taught (or attempted to teach) all of her children to play the piano and read music, to one extent or another.  By the time she got to me, the youngest, her patience, […]

FMM 2 6 2026 Sparking Empathy

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” ~ Nelson Mandela. I was (still am) the youngest child in my family.  This was a source of much anguish for me, for many reasons.  Only the youngest can know what it feels like to be […]