Category Food and health

FMM 6 28 13 Lots of signs

FMM 6 28 13 Lots of signs “I hope that someone reads my message in a bottle” ~ Gordon Sumner aka Sting   In nursing we call them vital signs, the numbers that give us an idea of the state of our health. If they don’t fall within certain parameters, or if they vary from […]

FMM 6 21 13 One Drop

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield.” ~ Lao Tzu. I wasn’t great at Chemistry when I was in high school. Neither Chemistry nor Physics really got me excited. But I never forgot the concept of quantitative analysis versus qualitative analysis. We had burettes […]

FMM 5 3 13 Catching the Trifecta

Many years ago I was given some very good advice by one of my nursing instructors. In class one day she drew an equilateral triangle on the board. She labeled each side physical; spiritual and psychological. She then told us that it was very important that we pay attention to each aspect of our lives […]

FMM 11 16 12 The wrong side of the bed

For the past 2 months I have had a front row seat at a drama involving a friend of mine and the tragically broken and dysfunctional health care system we have in the USA. It has provided me with many important lessons which I feel I must share with others. Many of us pride ourselves […]

FMM 11 9 12: Let the healing begin

I hope everyone had their seat-belts tightly fastened over the past few weeks in the USA – it has been a wild and crazy ride! From loud and nasty political fights, to weird and wicked weather patterns, we have been on a roller coaster together. Whether you were personally impacted by any of the events, […]

Fair trade FMM 3 16 12

Fair trade FMM 3 16 12

Eat your veggies!