Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 12 25 2020 Traditions
“Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, love Divine.” ~ Christina Rosetti. It really doesn’t matter what side of the world you were born, so long as you were raised in a Christian household, Christmas is special. Even for those who follow different religious beliefs, there is something about Christmas. There are even some […]
FMM 12 18 2020 Multi-factorial Equations
“Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.” ~ Arthur M. Schlesinger. I remember one year, I must have been younger than eight, that I was scheduled for one of those school wide physicals – some routine measurements of health and well-being which took place at school rather than […]
FMM 12 11 2020 Delicious December
“Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.” ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca. There was a very strict rule in our household growing up, regarding gifts (Christmas and Birthday). They were never to be opened before the day. I practiced the same thing as a parent, teaching my kids the […]
FMM 12 4 2020 What a Preposition!
“Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do.” ~ Marco Bizzarri. When I was around fifteen, I was a member of our school’s Drama Club. I loved dressing up and being someone other than me. I heard we were going to put on the […]
FMM 11 27 2020 Ack! Knowledge
“Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.” ~ Louie Schwartzberg. It is sometimes hard, in the rush of routines and deadlines, to pause and pay attention to all the things you should be grateful for. Thanksgiving Day in the US may gloss over the history of the origin of this country as […]
FMM 11 20 2020 Light it up!
“The stone that the builders refuse shall be the head corner stone” ~ Robert Nesta Marley quoting Psalms 118. There is something about an unassuming man, a man (or woman) who enters a room without fanfare, without drawing attention to themselves. Nowadays we do everything for attention, hoping someone is watching and recording so we […]
FMM 11 13 2020 Weightlifting
“I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.” ~ Zig Ziglar. When I was a young child in the UK, there was a prime minister called Harold McMillan. I have no knowledge about him, was too young to know anything about politics. However I had picked up enough from my parents reaction […]
FMM 11 6 2020 Laybys and Overlooks
“The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial.” ~ Robin Marantz Henig. A feature of a road trip along the back roads of the UK is the laybys. Not as necessary in these modern times, they […]
FMM 10 30 2020 Evocation
“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” ~ Albert Camus. When I was a child, before the family moved to Jamaica, we would spend each summer by the beach. Before you picture some idyllic tropical island paradise, hold that thought. This was in North Wales, we […]
FMM 10 23 2020 Hard Rain
FMM 10 23 2020 Hard Rain “Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.” ~ John Updike. For the past two days it rained solidly as I drove in to work (yes, we are partially working on campus, following guidelines, masks in place). It was […]
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