Category Global health and disparities
FMM 1 22 2021 Health and Healing
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~ John Muir. One of the features of my childhood was cuts and scrapes. I suppose they are a feature for any child who is allowed to explore and climb, […]
FMM 1 15 2021 Imagine a World
“No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.”~ Albert Einstein. I am not sure when it was that I began to acknowledge that I was not happy in my marriage. When you have four young kids and work full-time as a nurse (mostly […]
FMM 1 8 2020 Historic Steps
“Sad to see the old slave millIs grinding slow, but grinding still” ~ Damian Marley. In the summer of 1966 I visited Savannah, Georgia with my parents and brother. My older siblings had exams to finish, so they were spared the torture of sightseeing along the eastern coast of the US in the hottest months […]
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 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 9 25 2020 Work Hygiene
“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Sometimes I am the last person to follow my own advice. When I graduated from nursing school many years ago, I was greeted at the end […]
FMM 9 18 2020 To Gather
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” ~ Albert Einstein. My father-in-law was a special man. He was famous in his district for being a straight shooter, he called things as he saw them. If you knew you had done something wrong, or foolish, you avoided him, for he didn’t joke to point it out. He […]
FMM 8 28 2020 Crystal Vision
FMM 8 28 2020 Crystal Vision “I’m gonna put on an iron shirt and chase Satan out of earth.” ~ Maxi Romeo. If you grew up in a Christian household like I did, you were discouraged from believing, or even showing an interest in things like astrology. There was something pagan and sacrilegious about it. […]
