Monthly Archives: February 2026

FMM 2 20 2026 We are the River

February 20, 2026 · by · in Food and health, Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“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

February 13, 2026 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“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

February 6, 2026 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“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 […]